The Self-Harming Bishop of Rome
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The Self-Harming Bishop of Rome
- 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. 17v, s. 36, 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 163 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand (full). The object(s) are church; Eucharist; Eucharistic bread; candle. The living being(s) are bishop.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: The faithful receiving the Eucharist; How the woman bit the hand of 'Abbas while he was offering her the Eucharist.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 35. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 54.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 515.
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