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The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing — MoB-Wash DC (MoB) 277, fol. 43v

Museum of the Bible · 277 · 43v

19th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

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The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing

Original catalogue wording

3. The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing | 2. St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her hand

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    3. The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessingPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  2. 02
    2. St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her handPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
Source date
19th century
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
Holding institution
Museum of the Bible
Shelfmark
277
Folio
43v
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1392 (2 episode rows)