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Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 114r

Art Institute of Chicago · 2002.4 · 114r

17th–18th centuriesManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

The source records this manuscript art; no substitute image is shown.

Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.

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Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher

Original catalogue wording

1. Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher | 2. The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and Child | 3. St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her | 4. The custodian of the church and the healed woman standing before the icon of St Mary, who is extending her hand

Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcherPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left

    How the kinsmen of the injured woman carried her on a bed and brought her into the church of our Lady Mary and they laid her beneath the foot of the icon of our Lady Mary

  2. 02
    2. The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How her kinsmen laid the injured woman beneath the foot of the icon of our Lady; Icon of our Lady with her beloved Son

  3. 03
    3. St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below herPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How our Lady Mary awoke the injured woman from her slumber with a touch of her foot and she healed her; Icon of our Lady Mary with her beloved Son

  4. 04
    4. The custodian of the church and the healed woman standing before the icon of St Mary, who is extending her handPosition recorded by PEMM: center-right

    How the custodian saw her, How she was healed and stood upright; How the injured woman was healed and she stood before the icon of our Lady

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
114r
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 1824 (4 episode rows)