Monk Transported to Jerusalem
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Monk Transported to Jerusalem
- 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. 77v, s. G18766a, 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 54 has 5 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: Golgotha (top-left). The object(s) are church; building.
- 2. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified (top-center). The object(s) are church; building.
- 3. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the mount of Olives (top-right). The object(s) are church; building.
- 4. The sick pilgrim lying in bed (bottom-left). The object(s) are bed; blanket.
- 5. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: Bethlehem (bottom-right). The object(s) are church; building. The living being(s) are Mary.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How our Lady brought the pilgrim to Golgotha; Sick pilgrim.
- 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 56.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 1805.
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