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Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 25v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Dabra Warq · 25v

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

The source records this manuscript art; no substitute image is shown.

Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.

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Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary

Original catalogue wording

2. Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary | 1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary | 3. Zakāryās prosterning himself

Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    2. Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    illegible

  2. 02
    1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: center-right

    illegible

  3. 03
    3. Zakāryās prosterning himselfPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    illegible

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
25v
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 1612 (3 episode rows)