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The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — GG (HMML) 44, fol. 64v

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 44 · 64v

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 widow's son stealing cloth from a church

Original catalogue wording

1. The widow's son stealing cloth from a church | 2. St Mary ordering those who bound the widow's son to release him | 7. The widow's son hanging from the scaffolding or the tree | 4. The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary | 9. A crowd in front of a bishop

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    1. The widow's son stealing cloth from a churchPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-left
  2. 02
    2. St Mary ordering those who bound the widow's son to release himPosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    7. The widow's son hanging from the scaffolding or the treePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-center
  4. 04
    4. The widow standing praying before the icon of St MaryPosition recorded by PEMM: top-left
  5. 05
    9. A crowd in front of a bishopPosition recorded by PEMM: top-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
64v
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 2121 (5 episode rows)