About this work
The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed
Original catalogue wording
1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed | 2. The peasant and other inhabitants fleeing from the cannibal, with several houses depicted in the background | 3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killedPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
The man of the city of Qemer who ate 78 souls; How he slaughtered his wife and ate her flesh; Another caption has been lost in the front edge margin.
- 022. The peasant and other inhabitants fleeing from the cannibal, with several houses depicted in the backgroundPosition recorded by PEMM: right
House; House; House; House
- 033. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
How the man-eater gave a drink of water to the beggar
- Source date
- 1721-1730
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
- Holding institution
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
- Shelfmark
- 7606
- Folio
- 160v
- Recorded provenance
- not given on vHMML
- 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 1566 (3 episode rows)