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The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 80v

Art Institute of Chicago · 2002.4 · 80v

17th–18th centuriesManuscript 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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The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary

Original catalogue wording

1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary | 2. Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary | 3. Zakāryās prostrating himself | 4. The chief of the thieves hiding behind a tree | 5. Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth | 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
    1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the young man Zakāryās fastened a crown of roses for our Lady

  2. 02
    2. Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-center

    Icon of Our Lady; Sick pilgrim; Bethlehem; How our Lady brought the pilgrim to Bethlehem

  3. 03
    3. Zakāryās prostrating himselfPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left

    How Zakāryās bowed before the icon of our Lady Mary

  4. 04
    4. The chief of the thieves hiding behind a treePosition recorded by PEMM: top-center
  5. 05
    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-right

    How our Lady received roses from the mouth of Zakāryās

  6. 06
    7. The thieves being consecrated as monksPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left

    The teacher who consecrated the thieves as monks; Thieves

Source date
1667-1706
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Shelfmark
2002.4
Folio
80v
Recorded provenance
Originally sold to Sam Fogg, Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, by 1998 [research report in curatorial file; Fogg and Hosking, 2001, no. 19]; sold to the Art Institute, 2002. Catalog by Getatchew Haile in PEMM Dropbox
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 1806 (6 episode rows)