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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 — ESP (UH) DD-001, fol. 74r

University of Hamburg · DD-001 · 74r

17th 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: left

    How the angel brought out the child from the womb of Sofya while she was sleeping; Sofya

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

    How the angel gave the child to Finkəs who went out to raise him; Finkəs

Source date
1632-1667
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
University of Hamburg
Shelfmark
DD-001
Folio
74r
Recorded provenance
Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi
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 1384 (2 episode rows)