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Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him — GG (HMML) 43, fol. 50r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 43 · 50r

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

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Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him

Original catalogue wording

1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him | 3. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dove

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to himPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
  2. 02
    3. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dovePosition recorded by PEMM: top
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
50r
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 2047 (2 episode rows)