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The king in front of a crowd — GG (HMML) 44, fol. 76r

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library · 44 · 76r

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 king in front of a crowd

Original catalogue wording

8. The king in front of a crowd | 3. St Mary commands King Khalifa to write a letter to the general, which is delivered by a white dove | 9. The king lays in bed

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

Scenes and visual evidence

  1. 01
    8. The king in front of a crowdPosition recorded by PEMM: top-right
  2. 02
    3. St Mary commands King Khalifa to write a letter to the general, which is delivered by a white dovePosition recorded by PEMM: bottom-right
  3. 03
    9. The king lays in bedPosition 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
76r
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 2125 (3 episode rows)