The Thirsty Dog
Image displayed with permission of Ethiopian Manuscript Digital Archive
The Thirsty Dog
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Gojjam, Western Ethiopia, and dated to 1730-1755. You can view this painting in the manuscript Ethiopian Manuscript Digital Archive, HMML Project ID EMDA, Manuscript No. 162, f. 135v, s. 137a, 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 236 has 2 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. St Mary giving the dog water to drink from her shoe (left). The object(s) are throne; jewelry; shoe; dog; handkerchief. The living being(s) are Mary.
- 1. The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog (right). The object(s) are well; grass; water; pitcher; jar.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 33. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 36.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 550.
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