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Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth — B-Dublin (CBL) 914, fol. 49v

Chester Beatty Library · 914 · 49v

18th 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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Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth

Original catalogue wording

5. Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth | 6. The thieves hiding behind trees | 1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary | 7. The thieves being consecrated as monks

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    5. 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-left
  2. 02
    6. The thieves hiding behind treesPosition recorded by PEMM: top-center
  3. 03
    1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
  4. 04
    7. The thieves being consecrated as monksPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
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
49v
Catalogue source
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record
paintings.csv, Painting ID 1732 (4 episode rows)