About this work
43. Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus
Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
- Source date
- 1716-1717
- Date evidence
- The PEMM project records its date evidence as “Date from ms (colophon)”.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- 643
- Folio
- 1v
- Recorded provenance
- South: Looted from Madḫāne ʿĀlam Church at መቅደላ Mäqdäla Magdala, Tewodros II collected manuscripts from all the country, so provenance prior to this unknown
- Place evidence
- Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
- Catalogue source
- Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
- Source record
- paintings.csv, Painting ID 677 (1 episode row)