About this work
A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing
Original catalogue wording
1. A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing | 2. The woman holding her new-born child protected by St Mary from the water | 3. The woman with her child surrounded by the marvelling people
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeingPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
- 022. The woman holding her new-born child protected by St Mary from the waterPosition recorded by PEMM: right
- 033. The woman with her child surrounded by the marvelling peoplePosition 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
- 167v
- 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 1586 (3 episode rows)