The Seven Year Prayer
Image displayed with permission of Ethiopian Manuscript Digital Archive
The Seven Year Prayer
- 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. 49r, s. 50b, 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 19 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. The monk Yǝsḥaq kneeling in prayer (right). The living being(s) are monk.
- 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 81.
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