About this work
Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb
Original catalogue wording
1. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb | 2. The angel handing the child to Finkǝs | 3. The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā | 4. The bishop and Sofyā sitting next to each other | 6. The child as a grown man is appointed bishop, he is surrounded by two persons
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Scenes and visual evidence
- 011. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her wombPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
- 022. The angel handing the child to FinkǝsPosition recorded by PEMM: top-center
- 033. The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing SofyāPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
- 044. The bishop and Sofyā sitting next to each otherPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
- 056. The child as a grown man is appointed bishop, he is surrounded by two personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
- Holding institution
- Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
- Shelfmark
- 7366
- Folio
- 22v
- Recorded provenance
- Church of Gannata Māryām
- 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 1950 (5 episode rows)