The Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
Image displayed with permission of Museum of the Bible
The Nativity of Christ (Christmas)
- This painting (also called an illumination) appears in a manuscript dated to 1650-1749. You can view this painting in the manuscript Museum of the Bible, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 333, f. 23r, s. 23b, or learn more about this manuscript at its PEMM Manuscript page.
- This painting of PEMM Story ID 7010 depicts 1 moment (or episode) in the story. The description of the episode in this painting, along with its keyword(s), is:
- 1. Nativity: Mary, Joseph, Jesus in manger (full). The object(s) are building; tree; manger; bed; blanket; cow; lamb. The living being(s) are Mary; Jesus Christ; shepherd.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How She gave birth to our Lord.
- The number of PEMM manuscripts that have paintings of this story is 15. The total number of paintings of this story in PEMM manuscripts is 15.
- PEMM's ID number for this painting is 2134.
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