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The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — UNESCO (HMML) 10.10, fol. 69r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 10.10 · 69r

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 woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child

Original catalogue wording

1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child | 2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl | 3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: right
  2. 02
    2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girlPosition recorded by PEMM: center
  3. 03
    3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyesPosition recorded by PEMM: left
Source date
18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
10.10
Folio
69r
Recorded provenance
Dimma Qeddus Giyorgis Church, Gojjam
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 1520 (3 episode rows)