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The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting; The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith; The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons

British Library, Or 641, f. 105r. Digitised by the British Library.

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The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — Or 641, f. 105r

British Library · 641 · 105r

17th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
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The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting

Original catalogue wording

The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting; The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith; The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons — Or 641, f. 105r

1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting | 3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith | 2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sittingPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the widow prayed to our Lady on behalf of the proverty of her three daughters; Our Lady Mary with her beloved son; The widow; These are the daughters of the widow: the first is Mary and the second is Martha and the third is Yawahit. Mary died and the other two Tewog the craftsman took.

  2. 02
    3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmithPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How Tewog the craftsman received them and brought the daughters of the widow, Martha and Yawahit, to his house; Martha; Yawahit; Tewog the craftsman

  3. 03
    2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How they buried Mary, the daughter of the widow, just as our Lady Mary said when she died; The burial of Mary, daughter of the widow

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
105r
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 1504 (3 episode rows)