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The three Arabs swimming in the water — CR-Paris (BNF) 55, fol. 33v

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) · 55 · 33v

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 three Arabs swimming in the water

Original catalogue wording

1. The three Arabs swimming in the water | 2. One man being eaten by a crocodile | 3. The two others standing on a rock above the water

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The three Arabs swimming in the waterPosition recorded by PEMM: left

    The three Arabs whom the sea wanted to drown

  2. 02
    2. One man being eaten by a crocodilePosition recorded by PEMM: center

    How the crocodile swallowed the one of the three Arabs who ridiculed them; crocodile; fish of the sea

  3. 03
    3. The two others standing on a rock above the waterPosition recorded by PEMM: right

    The two Arabs who were rescued from drowning in the sea and stood upon a rock

Source date
18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
Shelfmark
55
Folio
33v
Recorded provenance
Gondar
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 1472 (3 episode rows)