Church Moves to Shore
Image displayed with permission of Gunda Gunde Monastery
Church Moves to Shore
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, and dated to 1700-1799. You can view this painting in the manuscript Gunda Gunde Monastery, Gunda Gunde Manuscripts Collection, Manuscript No. 43, f. 39v, s. 81, 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 46 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background (full). The object(s) are bed; blanket; pillow; jewelry. The living being(s) are Mary.
- 1. The episode descriptions are not yet been translated into Amharic.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 36. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 66.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 2039.
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