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St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 43v

British Library · 639 · 43v

17th 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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St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment

Original catalogue wording

3. St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment | 4. Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary | 5. The throne and garment are preserved after Hildephonsus of Toledo's death | 7. Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    3. St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garmentPosition recorded by PEMM: left

    How our Lady gave a throne and a garment to Däqsəyos

  2. 02
    4. Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How Däqsəyos sat on the throne that our Lady gave him; How Däqsəyos read the book of the Miracles of our Lady

  3. 03
    5. The throne and garment are preserved after Hildephonsus of Toledo's deathPosition recorded by PEMM: center-right

    How the throne and the garment were abandoned by the archbishop who fell

  4. 04
    7. Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permissionPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How the angel caused the archbishop to fall from the throne of Däqsəyos and he smote him

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
43v
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 1669 (4 episode rows)