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The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — EMML (HMML) 7606, fol. 154v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 7606 · 154v

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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The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him

Original catalogue wording

1. The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him | 2. The other monks preventing him for eating | 3. The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking himPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the monks beat and kicked Abba Śalusi

  2. 02
    2. The other monks preventing him for eatingPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How the monks prevented Abba Śalusi from eating beans/lupine seeds

  3. 03
    3. The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the groundPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How Abba Śalusi prayed

Source date
1721-1730
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
7606
Folio
154v
Recorded provenance
not given on vHMML
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 1443 (3 episode rows)