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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 — GG (HMML) 43, fol. 61v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 43 · 61v

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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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

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    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 wombPosition recorded by PEMM: right
  2. 02
    2. The angel handing the child to FinkǝsPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
  3. 03
    3. The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing SofyāPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
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
61v
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 2054 (3 episode rows)