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British Library · 641 · 133r

British Library, Or 641, f. 133r. Digitised by the British Library.

RightsThe Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be…

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Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher; The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and ChildBritish Library, Or 641, f. 133r. Digitised by the British Library.RightsThe Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be…
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Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher; The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 641, f. 133r

British Library · 641 · 133r

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

What this record describes

1. Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher | 2. The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and Child

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcherPosition recorded by PEMM: left

    How the kinsmen of the injured woman carried her on a bed and brought her into the church of our Lady Mary and they laid her beneath the foot of the icon of our Lady.

  2. 02
    2. The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: right

    How her kinsmen laid the injured woman beneath the foot of the icon of our Lady.

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
133r
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 1258 (2 episode rows)