Tuesday, January 9, 2024

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Monday, January 8, 2024

1330 The Adoration of the Magi

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Master AB German School Adoration of the Magic 1530 The gifts from these men from the East are noted to have brought impressive gifts to the...

1433 The Adoration of the Magi

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Attributed to Fra Angelico (Italian painter, 1387-1455) Adoration of the Magi 1433 In the Bible, Matthew’s Gospel says soon after Jesus was ...
Sunday, January 7, 2024

"The light of the righteous shines brightly." Proverbs 13:9

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This week, my closest friend from church died unexpectedly.  "The light of the righteous shines brightly." Proverbs 13:9.  Kathy W...
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...

January 6th - Epiphany & The Adoration of the Magi 1514

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Workshop of Gerard David (Netherlandish, ca. 1460–1523), Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1514. January 6 is observed as a Christain church festiv...
Friday, January 5, 2024

Twelfth Night (also known as Epiphany Eve)

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  The Evening's Chosen "King" Drinks at a Twelfth Night Feast. c 1645, by Jacob Jordaens Twelfth Night (also known as Epiphany...

England's 12th Night Characters

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During the late 1700s, sets of characters were available to purchase from enterprising stationers. Traditionally, Twelfth Night is a Chri...

The Adoration of the Shepherds

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 Adoration of the Shepherds British Library manuscript  Adoration of the Shepherds, Bodleian MS. Arch. Selden B. 26, fol. 8r.  Adorat...

Twelfth Night Celebrations in London 1835

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Twelfth Night from The Book of Christmas illustrated by Robert Seymour 1836 In 1835, Leigh Hunt published an account of Twelfth Nights ...

Christmas in Britain & Europe - 12th Night - The Bean King

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Jacob Jordaens, The Bean King. 1635-55. Twelfth Night, the evening before Epiphany (January 6 - when the biblical kings reached the newborn...

England's 12th Night Cakes & Naughty Boys

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Twelfth Night in London streets” from The  Book of Christmas illustrated by Robert Seymour 1836 By the early 19C, the Twelfth Night cak...

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

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Benozzo Gozzoli (Italian early Renaissance painter, c 1421–1497) Scenes from the Procession of the Magi Young, Detail of the Young King o...

1510 The Adoration of the Shepherds

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Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli from Castelfranco 1477-1510) The Adoration of the Shepherds 1510 It happened, when the angels went away from t...

1510-20 The Adoration of the Shepherds

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  The Adoration of the Shepherds, Master of the Prayer Books 1510-20 There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keep...
Thursday, January 4, 2024

1600s The Adoration of the Shepherds

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Attributed to Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch painter, 1590-1656) Adoration of the Shepherds And there were in the same country sheph...

1500s The Adoration of the Shepherds

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Francesco Bassano the Younger (1563-1570) Adoration of Shepherds And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping ...

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

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Melozzo da Forli (Italian Renaissance artist, 1438-1494) Angel 

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1614 The Adoration of the Shepherds

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El Greco (Greek painter, 1541-1614) The Adoration of the Shepherds 1614  They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby ...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The Roads from The East - Medieval Spice Trade's Appeal for Muslim, Jewish & Christian Merchants

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Catalan Caravan Atlas Drawing The Medieval Spice Trade Newberry Library by Sarah Peters Kernan How were spices used by medieval Europeans, ...

1591 The Adoration of the Shepherds

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1591 Jacopo Bassano (Italian painter, 1510-1592) Adoration of the Shepherds It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, t...