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Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth — GG (HMML) 43, fol. 35r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 43 · 35r

18th centuryManuscript paintingsPrinceton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

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

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Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth

Original catalogue wording

5. Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth | 1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary | 6. The thieves hiding behind trees | 9. Zakāryās tells the thieves about St Mary

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    5. Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouthPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
  2. 02
    1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
  3. 03
    6. The thieves hiding behind treesPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  4. 04
    9. Zakāryās tells the thieves about St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
Source date
1750-1799
Date evidence
The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from catalog”.
Holding institution
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark
43
Folio
35r
Recorded provenance
Monastery of Gunda Gunde
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 2035 (4 episode rows)