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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — ESP (UH) DD-001, fol. 86v

University of Hamburg · DD-001 · 86v

17th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

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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

  1. 01
    5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a thronePosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the demons grabbed the soul of the man-eater; How our Lord commanded to conduct the soul of the man-eater to Sheol; Fires of Sheol; Soul of the man-eater

  2. 02
    6. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus ChristPosition recorded by PEMM: right

    How our Lady Mary asked her beloved son and he showed mercy for her to the soul of that man-eater by reason of the handful of water; How our Lady Mary grabbed the soul of the man-eater from the hands of the demons and grasped him with her hand; How our Lady mary asked for the sake of the man-eater

  3. 03
    7. Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scalePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-center

    How the angel weighed the souls and the handful of water; How the water was more powerful in the scale than the 78 souls; On the right side of the scale was the handful of water that the beggar drank; On the left side of the scale were the 78 souls that the man-eater ate

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
86v
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 1572 (3 episode rows)