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The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other — EMML (HMML) 7606, fol. 114r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 7606 · 114r

18th centuryManuscript 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 two brothers sitting and writing next to each other

Original catalogue wording

1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other | 5. The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each otherPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left

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

  2. 02
    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

Source date
1721-1730
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
7606
Folio
114r
Recorded provenance
not given on vHMML
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 1171 (2 episode rows)