Abbot Refuses Sacrament
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Abbot Refuses Sacrament
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript taken from King Tewodros's royal library in Magdala, Southern Ethiopia, and dated to 1721-1730. You can view this painting in the manuscript British Library, "Orient" Collection, Manuscript No. 648, f. 56r, 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 10 has 4 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. The patriarch instracts Bishop Raphael to hear confession (top-left). The object(s) are throne; handkerchief; head covering. The living being(s) are bishop; patriarch.
- 2. St Mary appears to Bishop Raphael in a dream and instructs him to hear confession (top-right). The object(s) are bed. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ; bishop.
- 3. Bishop Raphael drops the key used to imprison a sinful man into the river (bottom-right). The object(s) are key; water;. The living being(s) are bishop.
- 4. The wife of the sinful man finds the key used to imprison her husband in the belly of a fish; she shows the key to Bishop Raphael (bottom-left). The object(s) are bindings; shackles; fish; key. The living being(s) are bishop.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 1. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 1.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 1667.
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