About this work
The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting
Original catalogue wording
1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting | 3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith | 2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sittingPosition recorded by PEMM: left
The widow who prayed
- 023. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmithPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
How the craftsman received and brought the daughters of the widow, Martha and Yawahit, to his house
- 032. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
How they buried the daughter of the widow just as our Lady said to her; These are the daughters of the widow: the first is Mary and the second is Martha and the third is Yawahit. Mary died and the other two Tewog the craftsman took.
- 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
- 102v
- 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 1503 (3 episode rows)