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
- 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
Top caption illegible; 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
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date (other; see Notes field)”.
- Holding institution
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
- Shelfmark
- Dabra Warq
- Folio
- 79r
- Recorded provenance
- West: Gojjam Province
- 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 1598 (3 episode rows)