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British Library · 641 · 125v

British Library, Or 641, f. 125v. Digitised by the British Library.

Open source record
The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed; The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the backgroundBritish Library, Or 641, f. 125v. Digitised by the British Library.

Verified imagepemm:1226

The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed; The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background — Or 641, f. 125v

British Library · 641 · 125v

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

What this record describes

2. The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed | 3. The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    2. The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healedPosition recorded by PEMM: left

    How the man with the foot of stone asked her; The icon of our Lady and her Son; How the man with the foot of stone was healed; The stone that fell from his foot.

  2. 02
    3. The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the backgroundPosition recorded by PEMM: right

    How the man with the foot of stone lifted his garments and showed the patriarch that he was healed.

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
125v
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 1226 (2 episode rows)