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Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dove — EMDA (HMML) 162, fol. 86r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 162 · 86r

18th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

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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

  1. 01
    3. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dovePosition recorded by PEMM: top
  2. 02
    1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to himPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
Source date
1730-1755
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
162
Folio
86r
Recorded provenance
Qarāneyo Madḫānē Alam Monastery, Gojjam Province
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 1184 (2 episode rows)