About this work
The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand
Original catalogue wording
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
- 011. The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his handPosition recorded by PEMM: left
The faithful receiving the Eucharist; The priests who helped him; How the woman bit the hand of 'Abbas; 'Abbas the priest of Rome
- 022. The bishop sitting and cutting off his handPosition recorded by PEMM: top-center
How 'Abbas cut off his hand
- 033. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his handPosition recorded by PEMM: right
How our Lady Mary fastened the hand that was cut of to 'Abbas and healed him; The priests receiving the Eucharist
- Source date
- 1632-1667
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
- Holding institution
- University of Hamburg
- Shelfmark
- DD-001
- Folio
- 27v
- Recorded provenance
- Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi
- 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 1659 (3 episode rows)