Bishop Composes Mary's Book
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Bishop Composes Mary's Book
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript taken from King Tewodros's royal library in Magdala, Southern Ethiopia, and dated to 1600-1699. You can view this painting in the manuscript British Library, "Orient" Collection, Manuscript No. 520, f. 141v, 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 13 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him (full). The object(s) are throne; manuscript; book; mitre. The living being(s) are Mary; Ildefonsus of Toledo; author; bishop.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 51. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 93.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 17.
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