What this record describes
1. The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy | 2. The bishop praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: left
Abba Zacharias, the patriarch, who rebuked Mercurius and stopped him from performing the Eucharist on account of his leprosy; How Mercurius reveled the leprosy of his flesh to the patriarch.
- 022. The bishop praying before the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: right
How Mercurius prayed before the icon of our Lady Mary and was healed from his leprosy; How our Lady Mary showed Mercurius with her hand that he was healed from his leprosy.
- 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
- 128v
- 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 1244 (2 episode rows)