Crucifixion: Christ's Body Prepared
Image displayed with permission of British Library
Crucifixion: Christ's Body Prepared
- 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. 253r, or learn more about this manuscript at its PEMM Manuscript page.
- This painting of PEMM Story ID 7029 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Crucifixion: Mary prepares the body of Jesus for burial (full). The object(s) are shroud; rope. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ; Joseph; Nicodemus; Salome; Mary Magdalene.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How Joseph and Nicodemus prepared our Lord for burial; Mary Magdalene; Our Lady Mary; Joseph; Nicodemus; Salome.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 3. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 3.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 671.
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