‹ Catalogue sequence 28v — Joachim and Hanna pray for a child near a tall tree with birds in its branches — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 28v — source only 29r — Hanna carries the child Mary on her back until she is one year old — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 29r — source only 31v — The angels serving food to St Mary in the temple — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 31v — source only 35r — The angels greet St Mary while she spins thread — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 35r — source only 36r — Pregnancy: Mary greets Elizabeth — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 36r — source only 37r — Nativity: Mary, Joseph, Jesus in manger — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 37r — source only 38r — Motherhood: Massacre of the Innocents — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 38r — source only 39r — Holy Family: At Dabra Qwasqwam — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 39r — source only 46v — Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 46v — source only 47r — Ascension: Mary surrounded by angels and the apostles — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 47r — source only 48r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 48r — source only 49r — Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 49r — source only 50r — Dormition: Mary prays for those in Sheol — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 50r — source only 51r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 51r — source only 52r — Dormition: apostles gather around the body — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 52r — source only 53r — Ascension: Mary surrounded by angels and the apostles — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 53r — source only 54r — Apparition of Our Lady of Dabra Metmaq — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 54r — source only 55r — Motherhood: Madonna and child — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 55r — source only 56r — Life: Mary with Jesus Christ as he instructs the apostles — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 56r — source only 59v — Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 59v — source only 60r — St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 60r — source only 62r — The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 62r — source only 64r — The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 64r — source only 66r — Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 66r — source only 68v — The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 68v — source only 69r — The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 69r — source only 71v — The monk Yǝsḥaq falling on the ground during the apparition of Mary — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 71v — source only 73v — St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 73v — source only 76r — The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 76r — source only 77v — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: Golgotha — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 77v — source only 80v — The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 80v — source only 83r — The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 83r — source only 85r — The three Arabs swimming in the water — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 85r — source only 85v — One man riding a camel to the monastery — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 85v — source only 87v — St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 87v — source only 90r — The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 90r — source only 92v — The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 92v — source only 95v — The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 95v — source only 98r — The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 98r — source only 100r — The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 100r — source only 101v — Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 101v — source only 103v — The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 103v — source only 106v — The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 106v — source only 107r — St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 107r — source only 109v — The bishop sitting on a throne before the people, who are gathered in a church, and amongst whom is the man with the petrified foot — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 109v — source only 110r — The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 110r — source only 111v — The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 111v — source only 112r — The bishop showing himself healed to his student — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 112r — source only 114r — Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 114r — source only 118r — Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 118r — source only 120v — Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 120v — source only 121r — The icon of the Virgin and Child — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 121r — source only 123r — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 123r — source only 126v — The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 126v — source only 127r — The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 127r — source only 130v — The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 130v — source only 131r — The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 131r — source only 134r — The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 134r — source only 134v — St Mary ordering those who bound the widow's son to release him — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 134v — source only 137r — A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 137r — source only 139r — The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 139r — source only 145r — Crucifixion: Mary at the cross — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 145r — source only 146r — Crucifixion: Mary at the burial of Jesus — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 146r — source only 146r — Crucifixion: Mary prepares the body of Jesus for burial — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 146r — source only 148r — Resurrection: Mary at the Ascension of Jesus — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 148r — source only 150r — Pentecost: Mary at Pentecost — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 150r — source only ›
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Joachim and Hanna pray for a child near a tall tree with birds in its branches — HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4, fol. 28v Open catalogue record
Holding institution Art Institute of Chicago
Shelfmark 2002.4
Folio 28v
Catalogue date 1667-1706
Catalogue source Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record paintings.csv, Painting ID 1785 (2 episode rows) Image status Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Open the cited source ↗ ‹ Catalogue sequence f. 42v — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 42v f. 43r — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 43r f. 43v — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 43v f. 69v — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 69v f. 70r — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 70r f. 70v — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 70v f. 118r — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 118r f. 118v — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 118v f. 119r — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 119r f. 159r — አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels — Or 509, f. 159r ›
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f. 42v Or 509, f. 42v: a folio of አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels the British Library catalogue records as decorated. Reviewed first-party image Use plus and minus to zoom, arrow keys to move the detail focus, R to rotate, zero to reset, and Page Up or Page Down to change catalogue entries.
Holding institution British Library
Shelfmark Or 509
Folio f. 42v
Catalogue date 18th century
Catalogue source British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
Source record British Library, Or 509, f. 42v Image evidence
Caption Or 509, f. 42v: a folio of አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The Four Gospels the British Library catalogue records as decorated.
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