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The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy — EMDA (HMML) 162, fol. 124v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 162 · 124v

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

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

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The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy

Original catalogue wording

3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy | 1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: top
  2. 02
    1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killedPosition 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
124v
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 1274 (2 episode rows)