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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 — B-Dublin (CBL) 914, fol. 25v

Chester Beatty Library · 914 · 25v

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
  2. 02
    2. The angel handing the child to FinkǝsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
Source date
1769-77
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Chester Beatty Library
Shelfmark
914
Folio
25v
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1385 (2 episode rows)