About this work
The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne
Original catalogue wording
5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne | 6. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus Christ | 7. Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scale
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 015. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a thronePosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
- 026. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus ChristPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
- 037. Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scalePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
- 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
- 159r
- 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 1559 (3 episode rows)