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The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy — EMML (HMML) 4073, fol. 100v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 4073 · 100v

19th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

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The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy

Original catalogue wording

3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy | 1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: left
  2. 02
    1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killedPosition recorded by PEMM: right
Source date
19th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
4073
Folio
100v
Recorded provenance
Church of Cebsi Giyorgis
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 1876 (2 episode rows)