Church Moves to Shore
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Church Moves to Shore
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Gondar, Western Ethiopia, and dated to 1700-1799. You can view this painting in the manuscript Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ethiopien d'Abbadie Collection, Manuscript No. 114, f. 35v, s. 72, or learn more about this manuscript at its PEMM Manuscript page. You can also read the related story at its PEMM Story page.
- This painting of PEMM Story ID 46 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background (full). The object(s) are church; monastery; bed; blanket. The living being(s) are Mary.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: The sleeping and awake people of 'Əqona; The monastery of 'Əqona which was built in the name of our Lady; How she spoke to a certain priest in a dream; That priest who slept.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 36. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 66.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 164.
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