About this work
A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing
Original catalogue wording
1. A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing | 2. The woman holding her new-born child protected by St Mary from the water
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeingPosition recorded by PEMM: top
How the people fled fearing the rising water
- 022. The woman holding her new-born child protected by St Mary from the waterPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
How our Lady Mary covered her with the garment of light in the midst of the waves and she helped to like a midwife until she bore a son in the midst of the waves
- Source date
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date (other; see Notes field)”.
- Holding institution
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
- Shelfmark
- Dabra Warq
- Folio
- 81v
- Recorded provenance
- West: Gojjam Province
- 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 1319 (2 episode rows)