About this work
The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship
Original catalogue wording
1. The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship | 2. The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies | 3. The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a shipPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
How the rich Greek man went by boat to the land of Tərkwə in order to fight them; Boat
- 022. The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemiesPosition recorded by PEMM: top
How the rich Greek man was shot an arrow; The Qwəz men who fought the rich man
- 033. The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
How the arrow fell from the eye of the statue and from the eye of the rich man in that same moment. And he was healed.
- Source date
- 1632-1667
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
- Holding institution
- University of Hamburg
- Shelfmark
- DD-001
- Folio
- 49v
- Recorded provenance
- Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi
- 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 1500 (3 episode rows)