About this work
The thieves hiding behind trees
Original catalogue wording
6. The thieves hiding behind trees | 5. Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth | 8. The thieves laying down their weapons | 7. The thieves being consecrated as monks
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 016. The thieves hiding behind treesPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
The chief of the thieves
- 025. Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouthPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
How our Lady Mary received roses from the mouth of Zakāryās; Angels
- 038. The thieves laying down their weaponsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
- 047. The thieves being consecrated as monksPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
The teacher who consecrated those thieves as monks
- 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
- 75v
- 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 1726 (4 episode rows)