Madonna and Child
Image displayed with permission of Bibliothèque nationale de France
Madonna and Child
- 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. 88r, s. 177, or learn more about this manuscript at its PEMM Manuscript page.
- This painting of PEMM Story ID 7011 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Motherhood: Madonna and child (full). The object(s) are couch; sword; book; handkerchief; jewelry. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ; Michael; Gabriel; angel.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: Saint Michael; Saint Gabriel.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 225. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 227.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 708.
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