The Dyer Brothers
Image displayed with permission of British Library
The Dyer Brothers
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript taken from King Tewodros's royal library in Magdala, Southern Ethiopia, and dated to 1667-1682. You can view this painting in the manuscript British Library, "Orient" Collection, Manuscript No. 641, f. 120v, or learn more about this manuscript at its PEMM Manuscript page. You can also read the related story at its PEMM Story page.
- Many Geʿez manuscript paintings are in "Synoptic Narrative Art” style; that is, a single painting depicts multiple moments in the story, providing a series of vignettes representing different plot points. PEMM calls these "episodes". This painting of PEMM Story ID 83 has 3 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge (top). The object(s) are horse; saddle; reins; sword; bed; blanket. The living being(s) are George of Lydda.
- 2. The judge handing to Nazib his paper of release (bottom-left). The object(s) are stool; folio; scroll; ink well; ink horn; pen knife; knife; pen; reed.
- 3. Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priest (bottom-right). The object(s) are church; stool; folio; scroll.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How St George terrified Qadi and commanded him to release Näzib and he released him; Qadi.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 37. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 71.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 1537.
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