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Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — EMML (HMML) 7606, fol. 141r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 7606 · 141r

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

The source records this manuscript art; no substitute image is shown.

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

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Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb

Original catalogue wording

1. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb | 2. The angel handing the child to Finkǝs

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her wombPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left

    How the angel brought out the child from the womb of Sofya while she was sleeping; Sofya; The icon of our Lady Mary

  2. 02
    2. The angel handing the child to FinkǝsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How the angel gave the child to Fənkis wso that Finkəs could raise him

Source date
1721-1730
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
7606
Folio
141r
Recorded provenance
not given on vHMML
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 1373 (2 episode rows)