About this work
Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dove
Original catalogue wording
3. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dove | 1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 013. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dovePosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
- 021. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to himPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
- Source date
- First half of 18th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 646
- Folio
- 38r
- 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 1180 (2 episode rows)