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Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him — B-Dublin (CBL) 914, fol. 39r

Chester Beatty Library · 914 · 39r

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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Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him

Original catalogue wording

1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him | 2. Giyorgis standing healed from his wounds | 3. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dove

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to himPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  2. 02
    2. Giyorgis standing healed from his woundsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    3. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dovePosition recorded by PEMM: top
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
39r
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1527 (3 episode rows)