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The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — EMML (HMML) 7606, fol. 84r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 7606 · 84r

18th 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 youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary

Original catalogue wording

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

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the young man Zakāryās fastened a crown of roses for our Lady Mary

  2. 02
    2. Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How Zakāryās prayed the greeting of the angel to our Lady; Our Lady Mary with her beloved Son

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

    How Zakāryās bowed before the icon of our Lady

Source date
1721-1730
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
7606
Folio
84r
Recorded provenance
not given on vHMML
Place evidence
Provenance wording supplied by the source catalogue.
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1616 (3 episode rows)