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The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — GG (HMML) 44, fol. 40v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 44 · 40v

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 woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child

Original catalogue wording

1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child | 2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl | 3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and ChildPosition recorded by PEMM: top
  2. 02
    2. Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girlPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyesPosition 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
44
Folio
40v
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 2096 (3 episode rows)