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Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — UNESCO (HMML) 10.10, fol. 102v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 10.10 · 102v

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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Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb

Original catalogue wording

1. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb | 2. The angel handing the child to Finkǝs | 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

  1. 01
    1. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her wombPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
  2. 02
    2. The angel handing the child to FinkǝsPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
  3. 03
    5. The bishop sitting next to Finkǝs and the childPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  4. 04
    6. The child as a grown man is appointed bishop, he is surrounded by two personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
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
102v
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 1741 (4 episode rows)