Monk Pretends Not to Fast
Image displayed with permission of Dabra Warq Monastery
Monk Pretends Not to Fast
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Gojjam, Western Ethiopia, and dated to 1600-1699. You can view this painting in the manuscript Dabra Warq Monastery, Donald Davies Collection, Manuscript No. 1, f. 69v, s. 71a, 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 7 has 3 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him (top-left). The object(s) are church; stick; club. The living being(s) are monk.
- 2. The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground (right). The object(s) are church; icon; monk cap. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ; monk.
- 3. The other monks preventing him for eating (bottom-left). The living being(s) are monk.
- 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 52.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 1442.
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