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The previous post, lightly corrected:
Perhaps because the participants are not always shown osculating or because the osculation itself is not mentioned in at least some versions of the _Protoevangelium Jacobi_ or in the much later _Legenda aurea_, this frequently depicted scene is often referred to as "The Meeting at the Golden Gate".
It's apparent from Kurt's mention of "the image of Joachim and Anna" that it was the particular name of the scene and not the scene itself that was unfamiliar to him.
Others have posted links to some "Western" examples of this famous scene. Herewith a few "Eastern" ones:
a) as depicted in the late tenth- or very early eleventh-century so-called Menologium of Basil II (Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. gr. 1613):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Menologion_of_Basil_057.jpg
b) as depicted at upper left in an illumination in an earlier twelfth-century copy from Constantinople of the Marian homilies of Jacob of the Kokkinobaphos monastery (Paris, BnF, ms. Grec 1208, fol. 21v):
http://tinyurl.com/29hq9pq
c) as depicted in the later thirteenth-century frescoes (ca. 1295) by Michael Astrapas and Eutychios in the church of Peribleptos (now Sv. Climent Novi) in Ohrid:
http://tinyurl.com/7bo3rxa
d) as depicted in a December calendar scene in the earlier fourteenth-century frescoes (betw. ca. 1312 and 1321/1322) in the monastery church of the Theotokos at Gračanica in, depending upon one's view of the matter, either the Republic of Kosovo or Serbia's province of Kosovo and Metohija:
http://tinyurl.com/l8cmlsm
NB: The underlying site <http://www.srpskoblago.org/> has gone offline very recently, so it may not be possible to get a clearer result by clicking on "View image".
e) as depicted at lower right in an earlier fourteenth-century set of miniatures, originating in Thessaloniki, for the Great Feasts (1322-1340; Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 20r):
http://tinyurl.com/lxg6ox3
f) as depicted in the fifteenth-century frescoes of the church of Agios Jakobos at İskele/Trikomo in Turkish-dominated northern Cyprus (for a slightly larger view, click on the image):
http://tinyurl.com/2ecyozb
Note that the painted legend here actually calls this scene "the kiss" [O ASMA].
Best,
John Dillon
On 12/08/14, Kurt Sherry wrote:
> The Kiss at the Golden Gate? I assume it's the image of Joachim and Anna? I've never heard it referred to as such.
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> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Ms B M Cook <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask])" target="1">[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > The Kiss at the Golden Gate is a lovely subject for artists. One of the few medieval religious topics that celebrate a normal marriage.
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> > Brenda M. Cook
> > Independent Scholar
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> > From: Kurt Sherry(javascript:main.compose()
> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 8:09 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [M-R] FEAST - A Saint for the Day (December 8): The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
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> > It might be worth noting that the Eastern Churches do not recognize the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. In fact, the feast (a fairly minor one, at that; the local Orthodox cathedral isn't even doing liturgy) of Mary's conception is celebrated on the 9th (pointedly, her gestation is 9 months, minus 1 day, i.e., 1 less than perfect).
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