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One man being eaten by a crocodile — EMML (HMML) 8864, fol. 47v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 8864 · 47v

18th centuryManuscript 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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One man being eaten by a crocodile

Original catalogue wording

2. One man being eaten by a crocodile | 3. The two others standing on a rock above the water | 7. The men in a boat

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    2. One man being eaten by a crocodilePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
  2. 02
    3. The two others standing on a rock above the waterPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
  3. 03
    7. The men in a boatPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
Source date
18th
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
8864
Folio
47v
Recorded provenance
Church of Ḫeruy 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 1985 (3 episode rows)