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The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — B-Dublin (CBL) 914, fol. 32v

Chester Beatty Library · 914 · 32v

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

The source records this manuscript art; no substitute image is shown.

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

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The widow's son stealing cloth from a church

Original catalogue wording

1. The widow's son stealing cloth from a church | 7. The widow's son hanging from the scaffolding or the tree | 4. The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary | 5. St Mary releasing the widow's son from the tree

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The widow's son stealing cloth from a churchPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  2. 02
    7. The widow's son hanging from the scaffolding or the treePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    4. The widow standing praying before the icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
  4. 04
    5. St Mary releasing the widow's son from the treePosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
Source date
1769-77
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
Holding institution
Chester Beatty Library
Shelfmark
914
Folio
32v
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1723 (4 episode rows)