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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 — CR-Paris (BNF) 55, fol. 65v

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) · 55 · 65v

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

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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: top

    How the angel brought out the child from the womb of Sofya while she was sleeping; How our Lady commanded the angel to bring out the child from the womb of Sofya

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

    How the angel gave to Filənkəs the child who was brought out of the womb of Sofya so that he could raise him

Source date
18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
Shelfmark
55
Folio
65v
Recorded provenance
Gondar
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 1380 (2 episode rows)