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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
Archbishop Abba Severus; How the nuns accused Sofya to the archbishop; Nuns
- 024. The bishop and Sofyā sitting next to each otherPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
How Sofya spoke to the archbishop alone about the mystery of her pregnancy and all that had taken place
- 035. The bishop sitting next to Finkǝs and the childPosition recorded by PEMM: center-right
How the archbishop was presented the child from the hand of Filənkəs
- 046. The child as a grown man is appointed bishop, he is surrounded by two personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
When the archbishop who had admonished Sofya died, the son of Sofya was appointed archbishop after him in his seat
- Source date
- 18th
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
- Holding institution
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (National Library of France)
- Shelfmark
- 55
- Folio
- 66r
- Recorded provenance
- Gondar
- 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 1742 (4 episode rows)