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
How the custodian tormented the priest Kaṭir while poking his eye and he said to him 'Depart from the monastery'
- 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
The angel who lamed the custodian just as our Lady Mary commanded him; The custodian who was lamed by the beating of the angel
- 033. Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesturePosition recorded by PEMM: right
How Kaṭir was healed and stood upright in the church as our Lady Mary said to him 'Arise'
- Source date
- 18th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
- Holding institution
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
- Shelfmark
- 55
- Folio
- 50v
- Recorded provenance
- Gondar
- 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 1533 (3 episode rows)