Mary Accused of Not Replying
Image displayed with permission of Bibliothèque nationale de France
Mary Accused of Not Replying
- 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. 12r, s. 25, 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 187 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son (right). The object(s) are throne. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How the worker prayer to our Lady Mary; How our Lady, the Holy Virgin Mary Mother of God, blessed the worker.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 34. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 38.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 541.
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