Bishop Composes Mary's Book
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Bishop Composes Mary's Book
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript dated to 1700-1799. You can view this painting in the manuscript Brown University, Ethiopic Collection, Manuscript No. 14, f. 16v, s. 35, 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 13 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Hildephonsus of Toledo composes the book of the Taʾammǝra Māryā (bottom). The object(s) are manuscript; book; folio; pen; reed; ink well; ink stand. The living being(s) are Ildefonsus of Toledo; bishop; scribe; author.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How Däqsəyos wrote her miracles.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 51. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 93.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 37.
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