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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 131r

Art Institute of Chicago · 2002.4 · 131r

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

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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne

Original catalogue wording

5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne | 6. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus Christ | 7. Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scale

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a thronePosition recorded by PEMM: left

    How the demons grabbed the soul of the man-eater; How our Lord commanded to conduct the soul of the man-eater to Sheol; Soul of the man-eater; Dwellers of Sheol

  2. 02
    6. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus ChristPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right

    How our Lady Mary asked her beloved son and he showed mercy for me to the soul of that man-eater by reason of the handful of water; How our Lady asked on behalf of the man-eater; How our Lady Mary grabbed the soul of the man-eater from the hands of the demons and grasped him with her hand.

  3. 03
    7. Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scalePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right

    How the scale of water was mightier than the 78 souls; How the angel weighed the souls and the handful of water: in the right scale was the handful of water that [gave] the poor man to drink, in the left scale were the 78 souls whom the man-eater ate

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
131r
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 1832 (3 episode rows)