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The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — CR-Paris (BNF) 55, fol. 28v

Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France) · 55 · 28v

18th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

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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 Mary

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

  2. 02
    2. Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary

    How Zakāryās prayed the greeting of the angel to our Lady

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

    How Zakāryās bowed before the icon of our Lady Mary

Source date
18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
Shelfmark
55
Folio
28v
Recorded provenance
Gondar
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 1620 (3 episode rows)