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British Library · 641 · 108v

British Library, Or 641, f. 108v. Digitised by the British Library.

Open source record
The demons seizing the scribe; One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him; The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other; The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing; St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demonsBritish Library, Or 641, f. 108v. Digitised by the British Library.

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The demons seizing the scribe; One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him; The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other; The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing; St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons — Or 641, f. 108v

British Library · 641 · 108v

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

What this record describes

3. The demons seizing the scribe | 2. One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him | 1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other | 5. The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing | 4. St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    3. The demons seizing the scribePosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    One of the two scribes whose soul the angels of darkness took

  2. 02
    2. One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from himPosition recorded by PEMM: center-left

    The man who asked him to write

  3. 03
    1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each otherPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left

    The 2 brothers, scribes

  4. 04
    5. The scribe sitting again and resuming his writingPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    One of the two scribes whose soul the angels of darkness took

  5. 05
    4. St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demonsPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How our Lady Mary seized the soul of the scribe and she brought him down, taking him from the hands of the demons; The soul of the scribe

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
108v
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 1760 (5 episode rows)