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LOT 0375
Ethiopian Painted Parchment of The Virgin's Miracle: Healing of the Paralysed Priest
CIRCA 1650 A.D.
12 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (27 grams, 31.5 x 22 cm).
Rectangular leaf with hand-coloured composite scene: right, Mary in blue mantle and rich embroidered red garment holding the fallen priest by the hand and raising him; behind him a prone male figure in colourful robes (the priest represented for the second time); ecclesiastic architecture on the background; a manuscript folio with text in Ge'ez to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, New York, circa 2016.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. similar manuscript of first Gonderine Period in Wallis, Budge, E.A.W., The miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and The life of Hannâ (Saint Anne), and The magical prayers of ʻAhĕta Mîkâêl, London, 1900, pls.X-XI (Folios 9a,13a) and p.27.
FootnotesThe image refers to the 'Miracle of the healing of the Priest' in which a priest, who had grown old in the service of the Virgin Mary, fell over in the church when bowing before her, and broke his back. The Virgin appeared and healed his broken bones.
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LOT 0375
Ethiopian Painted Parchment of The Virgin's Miracle: Healing of the Paralysed Priest
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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