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The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — EMML (HMML) 8864, fol. 91v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 8864 · 91v

18th centuryManuscript 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 | 3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy | 8. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before an angel holding the 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: bottom-right
  2. 02
    3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  3. 03
    8. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before an angel holding the scalePosition recorded by PEMM: top
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
91v
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 2014 (3 episode rows)