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The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy — GG (HMML) 43, fol. 72r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 43 · 72r

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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The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy

Original catalogue wording

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
    3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosyPosition recorded by PEMM: left
  2. 02
    8. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before an angel holding the scalePosition recorded by PEMM: 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
72r
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 2059 (2 episode rows)