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The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child; Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl; The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes

British Library, Or 641, f. 100r. Digitised by the British Library.

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The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 641, f. 100r

British Library · 641 · 100r

17th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
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The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child

Original catalogue wording

The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child; Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl; The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes — Or 641, f. 100r

1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child | 2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl | 3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    The woman whose name was Gera Anest, how she prayed to our Lady Mary with her blind daughter; The icon of our Lady and her beloved son

  2. 02
    2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girlPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-center

    How that woman slept beneath the feet of the icon of our Lady Mary with her blind daughter after she finished the prayer; How our Lady Mary awakened the blind daughter from her sleep

  3. 03
    3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyesPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How our Lady opened the eyes of the blind girl with the milk of her breast; How our Lady Mary wiped the eye of the blind girl with her hand

Source date
1667-1682
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
641
Folio
100r
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 1516 (3 episode rows)