Mary's Childhood in Temple
Image displayed with permission of Gunda Gunde Monastery
Mary's Childhood in Temple
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript likely made in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, and dated to 1700-1799. You can view this painting in the manuscript Gunda Gunde Monastery, Gunda Gunde Manuscripts Collection, Manuscript No. 43, f. 15v, s. 32, 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 315 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. The angels greet St Mary while she spins gold and linen (bottom). The object(s) are church; temple; linen; thread; throne; table; mesob; food; basket; cloth. The living being(s) are Mary; angel.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 4. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 4.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 2023.
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