About this work
St Mary releasing the widow's son from the tree
Original catalogue wording
5. St Mary releasing the widow's son from the tree | 6. The son is reunited with his mother
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 015. St Mary releasing the widow's son from the treePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
- 026. The son is reunited with his motherPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-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
- 646
- Folio
- 67r
- 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 1331 (2 episode rows)