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The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy — GG (HMML) 44, fol. 63r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 44 · 63r

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 | 5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne | 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: bottom-left
  2. 02
    5. The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a thronePosition recorded by PEMM: center
  3. 03
    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
44
Folio
63r
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 2120 (3 episode rows)