Church Moves to Shore
Image displayed with permission of Museum of the Bible
Church Moves to Shore
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript dated to 1650-1749. You can view this painting in the manuscript Museum of the Bible, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 333, f. 81v, s. 82a, 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 46 has 2 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background (left). The object(s) are bed; blanket; church; monastery. The living being(s) are Mary.
- 2. The priest tells people Mary's desired location for the church (right). The object(s) are church; monastery; head covering; handkerchief. The living being(s) are monk.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How She told the bishop in a dream that She will move the monastery of 'Eqona from one place to another.
- 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 2158.
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