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The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — GG (HMML) 44, fol. 42r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 44 · 42r

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

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The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting

Original catalogue wording

1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting | 2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons | 3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sittingPosition recorded by PEMM: top
  2. 02
    2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by personsPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmithPosition 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
42r
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 2097 (3 episode rows)