About this work
The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā
Original catalogue wording
3. The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā | 4. The bishop and Sofyā sitting next to each other | 5. The bishop sitting next to Finkǝs and the child | 6. The child as a grown man is appointed bishop, he is surrounded by two persons
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 013. The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing SofyāPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
How the nuns accused Sofya to Archbishop Abba Severus; nuns
- 024. The bishop and Sofyā sitting next to each otherPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
illegible
- 035. The bishop sitting next to Finkǝs and the childPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
Caption partially illegible: How [..] from the hand of Finkəs
- 046. The child as a grown man is appointed bishop, he is surrounded by two personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
illegible
- Source date
- 17th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date (other; see Notes field)”.
- Holding institution
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
- Shelfmark
- Dabra Warq
- Folio
- 61r
- Recorded provenance
- West: Gojjam Province
- 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 1738 (4 episode rows)