The Seven Year Prayer
Image displayed with permission of Art Institute of Chicago
The Seven Year Prayer
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript dated to 1667-1706. You can view this painting in the manuscript Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle and Marian and Samuel Klasstorner endowments, Manuscript No. 2002.4, f. 71v, s. G18760a, 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 19 has 2 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. The monk Yǝsḥaq falling on the ground during the apparition of Mary (bottom-left). The object(s) are church; icon. The living being(s) are Mary; monk.
- 2. The icon of St Mary taking Yǝsḥaq by the hand and raising him (right). The object(s) are church; icon. The living being(s) are Mary; monk.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How Yǝsḥaq fell when he saw our Lady's face.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 38. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 43.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 1802.
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