Man Shot in the Eye
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Man Shot in the Eye
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Gondar, Western Ethiopia, and dated to 1700-1799. You can view this painting in the manuscript Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ethiopien d'Abbadie Collection, Manuscript No. 114, f. 40v, s. 82, 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 48 has 3 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship (bottom-left). The object(s) are water; boat; mast; sail; flag.
- 2. The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies (top). The object(s) are recurve bow; arrow; spear.
- 3. The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child (bottom-right). The object(s) are wax; arrow; book; church. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How the rich Greek man went by boat to the land of Tərkwə in order to fight them; Boat.
- 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 54.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 1498.
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