About this work
The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā
Original catalogue wording
1. The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā | 2. The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and BarbārāPosition recorded by PEMM: top
Yolyana and Bärbara; Those thieves; Their teeth which were broken
- 022. The two thieves standing before an icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
Our Lady Mary; Those thieves who became monks
- 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
- 78v
- 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 1351 (2 episode rows)