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The Nativity in Medieval Legend and Picture
A discussion of medieval legends and pious pictures centered on the Annunciation, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi, Flight into Egypt, and Nazareth. It explains how artists used symbolic emblems, such as the lilies of purity and the olive branch of peace, and how legends shaped depictions of Mary, Joseph, and the Christ child with emphasis on human tenderness and heavenly radiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bus de Voragine
Konrad
Fussesbrone
Walther
Rheinau
Abbesa Kroswitha
Justin Martyr
St. Jerome
St. Bernard
Mary
Protevangelium
Lot
Nazareth
Hevsae
The
Weil
Angal
Joseph
Palestine
Christ
Matthew
Isaiah
Egypt
Elizabeth
John the Baptist
Templa
Murillo
Herod
Jerusalem
Jesus
Poly
Paradise
Joesph
Tott
Bethlehem