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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — B-Dublin (CBL) 914, fol. 31v

Chester Beatty Library · 914 · 31v

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

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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne

Original catalogue wording

5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne | 8. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before an angel holding the scale

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a thronePosition recorded by PEMM: top
  2. 02
    8. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before an angel holding the scalePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
Source date
1769-77
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Chester Beatty Library
Shelfmark
914
Folio
31v
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1280 (2 episode rows)