About this work
St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her
Original catalogue wording
3. St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her | 4. The custodian of the church and the healed woman standing before the icon of St Mary, who is extending her hand
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 013. St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below herPosition recorded by PEMM: left
- 024. The custodian of the church and the healed woman standing before the icon of St Mary, who is extending her handPosition recorded by PEMM: right
- Source date
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 639
- Folio
- 129v
- 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 1257 (2 episode rows)