About this work
The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature
Original catalogue wording
1. The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature | 2. St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her hand | 3. The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniaturePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
How the Hebrew fell while bowing to our Lady
- 022. St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her handPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
Two deacons whom the bishop joined to help him; How our Lady raised the Hebrew when he fell while bowing to her
- 033. The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessingPosition recorded by PEMM: right
How our Lady showed the Hebrew to stand on the right of the altar and on her right; How the Hebrew stood
- Source date
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 639
- Folio
- 50r
- Recorded provenance
- South: Looted from Madḫāne ʿĀlam Church at መቅደላ Mäqdäla Magdala, Tewodros II collected manuscripts from all the country, so provenance prior to this unknown
- 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 1629 (3 episode rows)