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British Library · 635 · 118r

British Library, Or 635, f. 118r. Digitised by the British Library.

Open source record
The other monks preventing him for eating; The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the groundBritish Library, Or 635, f. 118r. Digitised by the British Library.

Verified imagepemm:1047

The other monks preventing him for eating; The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground — Or 635, f. 118r

British Library · 635 · 118r

17th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

What this record describes

2. The other monks preventing him for eating | 3. The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground

Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    2. The other monks preventing him for eatingPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  2. 02
    3. The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the groundPosition recorded by PEMM: top
Source date
Second half of 17th century
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from ms (paleography)”.
Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
635
Folio
118r
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 1047 (2 episode rows)