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British Library · 645 · 78r

British Library, Or 645, f. 78r. 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 seizing the scribe; One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him; The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other; The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing; St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demonsBritish Library, Or 645, f. 78r. 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 seizing the scribe; One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him; The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other; The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing; St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons — Or 645, f. 78r

British Library · 645 · 78r

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

What this record describes

3. The demons seizing the scribe | 2. One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him | 1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other | 5. The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing | 4. St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    3. The demons seizing the scribePosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    One of the two scribes whose soul the angels of darkness took

  2. 02
    2. One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from himPosition recorded by PEMM: center-left

    The man who asked him to write

  3. 03
    1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each otherPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left

    The 2 brothers, scribes

  4. 04
    5. The scribe sitting again and resuming his writingPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How our Lady Mary returned that scribe to his former place and how that scribe began a book according to his custom

  5. 05
    4. St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demonsPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How our Lady Mary brought down the soul of the scribe, seizing him with her hand, taking him from the hands of the demons; The soul of the scribe

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
78r
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 1761 (5 episode rows)