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The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes — EMML (HMML) 76, fol. 24r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 76 · 24r

19th–20th centuriesManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

The source records this manuscript art; no substitute image is shown.

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

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The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes

Original catalogue wording

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

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    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: center-right

    illegible

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

    The daughter slept with her mother beneath the icon

Source date
late 19th/early 20th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
76
Folio
24r
Recorded provenance
St. Ragu'el Church
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 1163 (2 episode rows)