Monk Transported to Jerusalem
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Monk Transported to Jerusalem
- 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. 25v, s. 52, 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 54 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan (right). The object(s) are water; Jordan River. The living being(s) are Mary.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How our Lady baptized the sick pilgrim in the Jordan.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 38. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 56.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 204.
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