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Princeton University Library · 65 · 92v

Princeton University Library, Ethiopic Manuscripts collection

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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 leprosyPrinceton University Library, Ethiopic Manuscripts collectionRightsNo Known Copyright (rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/); Princeton University Library charges no permission fee and asks only for citation and image credit.
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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 — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 92v

Princeton University Library · 65 · 92v

18th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

What this record describes

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

  1. 01
    1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killedPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
  2. 02
    2. The peasant and other inhabitants fleeing from the cannibal, with several houses depicted in the backgroundPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
Source date
First half 18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from ms (paleography)”.
Holding institution
Princeton University Library
Shelfmark
65
Folio
92v
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1575 (3 episode rows)