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British Library · 641 · 166r

British Library, Or 641, f. 166r. 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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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne; St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus Christ; Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scaleBritish Library, Or 641, f. 166r. 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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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne; St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus Christ; Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scale — Or 641, f. 166r

British Library · 641 · 166r

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

What this record describes

5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne | 6. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus Christ | 7. Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scale

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a thronePosition recorded by PEMM: left

    How the demons grabbed the soul of the man-eater; How our Lord commanded to conduct the soul of the man-eater [to the fires of Sheol]

  2. 02
    6. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus ChristPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How our Lady Mary asked her beloved son and he showed mercy for me to the soul of that man-eater by reason of the handful of water; How our Lady Mary grabbed the soul of the man-eater from the hands of the demons and grasped him with her hand.

  3. 03
    7. Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scalePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How the scale of water was mightier than the 78 souls; How the angel weighed the souls and the handful of water: in the right scale was the handful of water that [gave] the poor man to drink, in the left scale were the 78 souls whom the man-eater ate

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
166r
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 1560 (3 episode rows)