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 1650-1749. You can view this painting in the manuscript Museum of the Bible, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 333, f. 49v, s. 50a, 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 13 has 3 episodes. The painting's episode descriptions, locations, and keywords are:
- 1. Hildephonsus of Toledo composes the book of the Taʾammǝra Māryā (top-left). The object(s) are book; folio; pen; throne; church. The living being(s) are Ildefonsus of Toledo; bishop; scribe; author.
- 2. Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him (top-right). The object(s) are throne; folio; book. The living being(s) are Ildefonsus of Toledo; bishop; scribe; author; Mary.
- 3. Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission (bottom). The object(s) are spear; throne. The living being(s) are Mary; angel.
- This painting has a caption in Geʿez, which Jeremy Brown has translated as: How Däqsəyos wrote the Miracles of Our Lady Mary.
- 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 2136.
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