About this work
St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her
Original catalogue wording
2. St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her | 3. Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesture
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 012. St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before herPosition recorded by PEMM: left
- 023. Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesturePosition recorded by PEMM: 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
- 647
- Folio
- 65r
- 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 1197 (2 episode rows)