The article presents an old folio kept in the church of Däbrä Śahl (Gäralta, northern Ethiopia), one of a few other leaves, all originating from a codex dating to a period well before the mid-14thcentury. The codicological and palaeographical features reveal the antiquity of the fragment. The content of the folio is remarkable since it contains chants dedicated to St. Gärima (also known as Yeshaq) which can be identified as the chants for the Saint from the Deggwa, the main Ethiopian chant book. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahedo Church the feast of Gärima is celebrated on the 17th of Säne. By means of the fragment of Däbrä Śhal, the composition of the liturgical chants for Gärima can be dated to a time much prior to the mid-14th century. Moreover, both the chants and the 15th-century Acts of Gärima by Bishop Yohannes refer to a famous miracle worked by the Saint. This fact proves that the miraculous account, in whatever form, was in circulation prior to the mid-14th century.