About this work
St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background
Original catalogue wording
1. St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background | 2. The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the backgroundPosition recorded by PEMM: Left
The monastery of 'Əqona that was built in the region of Greece in the name of our Lady Mary; How she spoke to one priest in a dream; That priest who slept
- 022. The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the seaPosition recorded by PEMM: right
The monastery of 'Əqona that our Lady transported to the banks of the Mediterranean sea in an hour of the night when it was the 23rd of Näḥässe and those sleeping men who woke up the next day and were amazed and performed wailing; The men who woke up
- 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
- 87v
- 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 1810 (2 episode rows)