Mary's Pact of Mercy
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Mary's Pact of Mercy
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript taken from King Tewodros's royal library in Magdala, Southern Ethiopia, and dated to 1650-1699. You can view this painting in the manuscript British Library, "Orient" Collection, Manuscript No. 637, f. 4r, or learn more about this manuscript at its PEMM Manuscript page.
- This painting of PEMM Story ID 7045 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus (full). The object(s) are crown; handkerchief; jewelry; throne; harp; umbrella; couch. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ; angel; disciple; David.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How our Lord gave the covenant to his mother; King David; The lineage of Abraham.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 29. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 29.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 632.
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