The Syrian Potter's Poems
Image displayed with permission of Berlin Staatsbibliothek
The Syrian Potter's Poems
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript dated to 1750-1849. You can view this painting in the manuscript Berlin Staatsbibliothek, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 74, f. 6v, s. 14, 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 14 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Ephrem and Simeon the Stylite recognize Jacob of Nisibis (full). The object(s) are grave; burial shroud; head covering; plant. The living being(s) are Ephrem; Simeon the Stylite; Jacob of Nisibis.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How Ephrem the Syrian and Simeon the Stylite recognized their teacher, Jacob of Nisibis.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 10. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 29.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 63.
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