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The thieves hiding behind trees — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 26r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · Dabra Warq · 26r

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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The thieves hiding behind trees

Original catalogue wording

6. The thieves hiding behind trees | 1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary | 7. The thieves being consecrated as monks

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    6. The thieves hiding behind treesPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    illegible

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

    illegible

  3. 03
    7. The thieves being consecrated as monksPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom

    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
26r
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 1613 (3 episode rows)