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British Library · 645 · 91r

British Library, Or 645, f. 91r. 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 man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed; The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the backgroundBritish Library, Or 645, f. 91r. 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 man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed; The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background — Or 645, f. 91r

British Library · 645 · 91r

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

What this record describes

2. The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed | 3. The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    2. The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healedPosition recorded by PEMM: left

    How the man with the foot of stone asked her; The icon of our Lady Mary with her beloved Son; How the man with the foot of stone was healed; The stone that fell from his foot.

  2. 02
    3. The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the backgroundPosition recorded by PEMM: right

    How the man with the foot of stone lifted his garments and showed the patriarch that he was healed.

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
91r
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 1227 (2 episode rows)