medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John, I find the lantern held by Joseph in 'z' particularly appealing!
Does the date you give for 'a' come from Weitzmann, or where? Both the
Virgin's body and the shepherd(?) in the hat (lower right) strike me as
rather strange.
Some additions:
http://www.KornbluthPhoto.com/Nativity.html
all best,
Genevra
On 12/25/2015 7:26 PM, John Dillon wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> A few period-pertinent images of the Nativity of Jesus:
>
> a) as depicted in a seventh-century encaustic icon in the Holy Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai, St. Catherine (South Sinai governorate):
> http://tinyurl.com/cf48lpe
>
> z) as portrayed by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut in a panel of the early sixteenth-century polychromed wooden principal altarpiece (completed, 1508) in the Stadtkirche St. Johannes und St. Martin in Schwabach:
> http://tinyurl.com/nth3v7n
>
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