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The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — UNESCO (HMML) 10.10, fol. 120r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 10.10 · 120r

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 | 6. The son is reunited with his mother

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-right
  4. 04
    6. The son is reunited with his motherPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
Source date
18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from JRB and SGD”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
10.10
Folio
120r
Recorded provenance
Dimma Qeddus Giyorgis Church, Gojjam
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 1724 (4 episode rows)