At 09:31 30/04/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Nurturing, if not maternal per se, is the image of Jesus as Pelican, a
>bird believed to feed its young with blood from its own breast.
>
>Tom Izbicki
Dear Tom:
Yes, I am familiar with this image. One of the most impressive
examples I know is in Gil de Siloe's Retablo (Altarpiece) at the Cartuja de
Miraflores (Burgos) a very important place because it was conceived as a
royal pantheon.
Carlos
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