Giyorgis Haddis in Prison
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Giyorgis Haddis in Prison
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Addis Ababa, Southern Ethiopia, and dated to 1875-1913. You can view this painting in the manuscript Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, HMML Project ID EMML, Manuscript No. 76, f. 26r, s. 53, 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 68 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him (bottom-right). The object(s) are prison; bonds; shackles; dove; bird; bed.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How she appeared to Giyorgis Ḥäddis in the likeness of a white dove.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 39. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 43.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 255.
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