About this work
The widow's son stealing cloth from a church
Original catalogue wording
1. The widow's son stealing cloth from a church | 3. The widows son standing praying before the icon of St Mary | 2. St Mary ordering those who bound the widow's son to release him
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The widow's son stealing cloth from a churchPosition recorded by PEMM: left
How the son of the nun stole the cloth of the church and departed carrying it
- 023. The widows son standing praying before the icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
How that son of the nun, the thief, stood before the icon of our Lady Mary after he was released from his bonds
- 032. St Mary ordering those who bound the widow's son to release himPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
How our Lady Mary showed with her finger to release the thief; How the men of the monastery seized that thief, the son of the nun, and they bound his hands and his feet. And they wanted to cut his limbs with a knife, but our Lady Mary saved him and they release him and he departed unharmed
- Source date
- 1667-1682
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 641
- Folio
- 171v
- 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 1595 (3 episode rows)