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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) 44, fol. 30r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 44 · 30r

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 | 6. The thieves hiding behind trees | 7. The thieves being consecrated as monks

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
    6. The thieves hiding behind treesPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
  3. 03
    7. The thieves being consecrated as monksPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom
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
44
Folio
30r
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 2086 (3 episode rows)