What this record describes
3. The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
- Source date
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from ms (paleography)”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 520
- Folio
- 149r
- Recorded provenance
- South: Looted from Madḫāne ʿĀlam Church at መቅደላ Mäqdäla Magdala, Tewodros II collected manuscripts from all the country, so provenance prior to this unknown
- Place evidence
- Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
- Catalogue source
- Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
- Source record
- paintings.csv, Painting ID 474 (1 episode row)