About this work
The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church
Original catalogue wording
1. The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church | 2. St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her | 3. Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesture
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the churchPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
- 022. St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before herPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
- 033. Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesturePosition recorded by PEMM: right
- 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
- 112v
- 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 1529 (3 episode rows)