About this work
The icon of St Mary taking Yǝsḥaq by the hand and raising him
Original catalogue wording
3. The icon of St Mary taking Yǝsḥaq by the hand and raising him | 2. The monk Yǝsḥaq falling on the ground during the apparition of Mary
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 013. The icon of St Mary taking Yǝsḥaq by the hand and raising himPosition recorded by PEMM: left
How our Lady raised Yǝsḥaq
- 022. The monk Yǝsḥaq falling on the ground during the apparition of MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: right
How Yǝsḥaq fell
- Source date
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 639
- Folio
- 59v
- 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 1076 (2 episode rows)