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Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl — B-Dublin (CBL) 914, fol. 25r

Chester Beatty Library · 914 · 25r

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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Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl

Original catalogue wording

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 | 5. The daughter explains to the mother how she gained her sight

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girlPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-center
  2. 02
    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
  3. 03
    5. The daughter explains to the mother how she gained her sightPosition recorded by PEMM: right
Source date
1769-77
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Chester Beatty Library
Shelfmark
914
Folio
25r
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1523 (3 episode rows)