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British Library · 645 · 71r

British Library, Or 645, f. 71r. 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 woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child; Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl; The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyesBritish Library, Or 645, f. 71r. 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 woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child; Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl; The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes — Or 645, f. 71r

British Library · 645 · 71r

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

What this record describes

1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child | 2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl | 3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    The woman whose name was Gera Anest, how she prayed before the icon of our Lady Mary with her blind daughter; The icon of our Lady Mary and her beloved son; The mother of the blind daughter

  2. 02
    2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girlPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-center

    How that woman slept beneath the feet of the icon of our Lady Mary with her blind daughter after the prayer was finished; How our Lady Mary awakened the blind daughter from her sleep

  3. 03
    3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyesPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How our Lady Mary opened the eyes of the blind girl with the milk of her breast; How our Lady Mary opened the eye of the blind girl with her hand

Source date
Second half of 17th century
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from ms (paleography)”.
Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
645
Folio
71r
Recorded provenance
Čankār Takla Hāymānot (monastery) (Jankura, between Gondar and Lake Tana)
Place evidence
Provenance wording supplied by the source catalogue.
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1517 (3 episode rows)