About this work
Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast
Original catalogue wording
1. Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast | 2. His guests sitting and drinking wine | 3. The icon of the Virgin and Child | 4. Bārok being consecrated as a monk | 5. Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weapons | 7. The funeral of Bārok
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feastPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
How Barok made a feast for our Lady Mary with gifts of an abundance of bread and an abundance of mead; How his attendant gave wine to Barok: Barok's house
- 022. His guests sitting and drinking winePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
The people who feasted in Barok's house; The food and the bread; The vessels of wine from which the people drank in Barok's house
- 033. The icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: top-center
- 044. Bārok being consecrated as a monkPosition recorded by PEMM: center
How Barok became a monk
- 055. Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weaponsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
How the enemy of Barok stabbed him with a spear; Also this one who stoned Barok with a rock; Also this one who beat Barok with a sword; Barok
- 067. The funeral of BārokPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
How those people buried Barok
- Source date
- 1632-1667
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from king's name”.
- Holding institution
- University of Hamburg
- Shelfmark
- DD-001
- Folio
- 76v
- Recorded provenance
- Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi
- 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 1784 (6 episode rows)