Verified imagepemm:1656

1. The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand | 2. The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand | 3. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 26v

Brown University · 14 · 26v

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

What this record describes

1. The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand | 2. The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand | 3. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his handPosition recorded by PEMM: left

    How adulterous thoughts rose against him while he distrubuted the Eucharist to a woman and how he cut off his hand and our Lady healed him

  2. 02
    2. The bishop sitting and cutting off his handPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    3. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his handPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
Source date
18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
Holding institution
Brown University
Shelfmark
14
Folio
26v
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1656 (3 episode rows)