Habesha History
Profile
Catalogue gallery
British Library · 641 · 63v

British Library, Or 641, f. 63v. 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…

Open source record
The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene; The painter falling down from the scaffold; The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter; A group of demons look onBritish Library, Or 641, f. 63v. 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…
Open source record

Verified imagepemm:1678

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene; The painter falling down from the scaffold; The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter; A group of demons look on — Or 641, f. 63v

British Library · 641 · 63v

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

What this record describes

1. The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene | 2. The painter falling down from the scaffold | 3. The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter | 4. A group of demons look on

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scenePosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the painter painted the garden, the residence of the saints, and the fires of Sheol, the residence of the devil and his hosts; The garden, residence of the saints; The scaffolding upon which the painter painted

  2. 02
    2. The painter falling down from the scaffoldPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left

    How the painter was knocked down from the scaffolding; The scaffolding that was knocked down along with that painter

  3. 03
    3. The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painterPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How our Lady Mary raised up the painter grasping him with her hand; The icon of Our Lady and Her Son

  4. 04
    4. A group of demons look onPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    Sheol, the residence of demons

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
63v
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 1678 (4 episode rows)