Bishop Composes Mary's Book
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Bishop Composes Mary's Book
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript dated to 1800-1899. You can view this painting in the manuscript Museum of the Bible, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 277, f. 39v, s. 40a, 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 13 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him (bottom-right). The object(s) are manuscript; book; mitre; handkerchief. The living being(s) are Mary; Ildefonsus of Toledo; angel; bishop;.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 51. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 93.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 43.
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