Three Husbandless Daughters
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Three Husbandless Daughters
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript dated to 1700-1749. You can view this painting in the manuscript Princeton University Library, Ethiopic Manuscripts, Manuscript No. 65, f. 52v, s. 106, 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 57 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting (bottom). The object(s) are church; icon; throne; jewelry. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How she healed the widow from her pregnancy.
- 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 51.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 224.
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