About this work
The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand
Original catalogue wording
3. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand | 2. The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 013. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his handPosition recorded by PEMM: top
How our Lady Mary fastened the hand of 'Abbas that was cut of and she healed him; The priests receiving the Eucharist
- 022. The bishop sitting and cutting off his handPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
How the hand of 'Abbas was cut off
- Source date
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 639
- Folio
- 57r
- Recorded provenance
- South: Looted from Madḫāne ʿĀlam Church at መቅደላ Mäqdäla Magdala, Tewodros II collected manuscripts from all the country, so provenance prior to this unknown
- Place evidence
- Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
- Catalogue source
- Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
- Source record
- paintings.csv, Painting ID 1405 (2 episode rows)