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: right
The rich man of the city of Qemer who ate 78 souls; How the man-eater slaughtered his wife and ate her flesh; How he slaughtered them and ate them
- 022. The peasant and other inhabitants fleeing from the cannibal, with several houses depicted in the backgroundPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-center
How the people of the city of Qemer fled abandoning their houses so that he would not eat them; The farmer, how he fled fearing that the man-eater would eat him
- 033. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: left
How the man-eater gave a drink of water to a beggar
- Source date
- 1632-1667
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
- Holding institution
- University of Hamburg
- Shelfmark
- DD-001
- Folio
- 86r
- Recorded provenance
- Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi
- 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 1571 (3 episode rows)