medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
A propos of this discussion, while indexing the latest additions to my
photo archive I split a great many older pages that have grown unwieldy.
Among saints who now have their own pages is Joseph:
http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/SaintJoseph.html
best,
Genevra
On 3/24/2015 2:17 PM, Ms B M Cook wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>> Do you know the image of the "Two Trinities"? It became popular
>> during the
>> Counter-Reformation and IIRC owes its inspiration to the Jesuites. It
>> shows
>> five holy figures. In the top left-hand is God the Father. In the
>> bottom LH,
>> St Joseph of Nazareth (the starting point of this post!), in the top
>> RH is
>> God the Holy Ghost usually in the form of a dove. In the bottom RH
>> is BVM
>> and in the centre, linking and common to both the heavenly and
>> earthly trio, is the Christ
>> Child. Thus two Trinities, one earthly and one heavenly, their common
>> factor being the incarnate Lord.
>
> I misremembered the layout slightly, The painting is in the National
> Gallery in London. The artist is Murillo.
>
> Try this link
>
> http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/bartolome-esteban-murillo-the-heavenly-and-earthly-trinities
>
>
>
> Brenda M. Cook
> Independent Scholar
>
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