Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Thursday, April 17, 2025

"Maundy Thursday" - The Last Supper

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The Last Supper about 1400–10, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 33, fol. 286v Near the end of the Last Supper, Christ said to His disciples, ...
Friday, February 2, 2024

Candlemas - The Presentation of Jesus at The Temple

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11C Menologion of Basil Presentation of Jesus at The Temple The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple is an early biblical episode in the life...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

12th Night - Just a Bit of English Literature

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First Folio William Shakespeare wrote the play Twelfth Night , circa 1601. William Shakespeare wrote a play called Twelfth Night, Or Wha...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

The Magi travel the Long Silk Road to see the Newborn King

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 Anonimo Romanico Cataluna In Christianity, Epiphany refers to the moment that a person believes that Jesus is the son of God.  To symbolize...

HARK! the Herald Angels sing Glory to the new-born King!

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  Melozzo da Forli (Italian Renaissance artist, 1438-1494) Angel 
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Saint Stephen's Day

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Israhel van Meckenem (1445-1503), St. Stephen, engraving, circa 1480-1490. In Acts of the Apostles, Stephen alarms the Jews with his pre...

Saint Stephen's Day

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Attributed to Antonio Tempesta (Florence 1555 - Rome 1630) The Stoning of St Stephen In Acts of the Apostles, Stephen alarms the Jews wi...

Georgian English Christmas 1714-1820

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Farmer Giles's Establishment Christmas Day 1800 Georgian Christmas dinner "During the Georgian period (1714-1820), it was oft...

The Magi travel the Long Silk Road to see the Newborn King

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The Three Kings Admire the Star. Canterbury. c 1140. The British Library. In Christianity, Epiphany refers to the moment that a person belie...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

Beware! Do not kiss an unwilling maid under the mistletoe in the 18C

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"Christmas gambols, or a kiss under the mistletoe" (etching published by Laurie & Whittle, 1794) Christmas gambols, or a ki...

19C England's First Christmas Trees

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Queen Charlotte's 1800 Christmas Tree "Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, is usually credited with having introduced the C...
Sunday, December 3, 2023

An Angel for Advent

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Melozzo da Forli (Italian Renaissance artist, 1438-1494) Angel from the Vault of the Sacristy of Saint Mark  January 29, 2011.  "Withou...

Advent Traditions - Children in Normandy set Fields on Fire

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At Advent in Normandy, when the final harvest was complete, farmers used to pick a night to send their children to run through the fields ...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

"Lent's Temptations" - Christ & Satan 16C

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Simon Bening Prayer Book of Card Albrecht of Brandenburg Flemish (Bruges), c.1525-1530 Getty Ludwig IX 19, fol. 62v.  This Satan has rath...
Friday, February 24, 2023

"Lent's Temptations" - Christ & Satan 14C

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1385 Giovanni di Benedetto and collaborators  Missal  Italian (Milan), 1385-1390 BNF+Latin 747, fol. 305v “The Spirit drove Jesus out in...
Sunday, May 1, 2022

Mythical Gardens - Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden - Illuminated Manuscripts

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Diebold Lauber, Vol 1 Old Testament  St Gallen, Canton Library, Vadianische collection, Vad Slg Ms. 343c Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the ...
Saturday, April 16, 2022

The Angel said Fear not...He is Risen

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Angel by Melozzo da Forli (Italian Renaissance artist, 1438-1494). Vatican Museums. And the angel...said Fear not ye: for I know that ye...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Jesus Arrives in Jerusalem

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Giotto di Bondone (Florentine painter, c 1267-1337). Triumphal Entry

Jesus Arrives in Jeruselem

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Fresco of Jesus' Entry by Pietro Lorenzetti, an Italian artist in the early 14C

Jesus Arrives in Jeruselem

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A Serbian Icon of Jesus’ Entry to Jerusalem