Sujet

The Nativity; Sacramentary, about 1025-1050. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Nativity; Sacramentary, about 1025-1050. Additional Info:The Virgin Mary reclines on a large, luxurious bed while the newborn Jesus rests in a cradle behind and Joseph sits at the right, lost in thought. This Nativity is set in a cave, evoking the site in Bethlehem that pilgrims revered as the place of Jesus' birth. Six angels peer over the entrance to the cave to see the baby Jesus within. In the top half of the miniature, an angel announces the birth of the Messiah to two shepherds tending their animals against a striped background of green and blue, meant to evoke grass and the sky.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A72_216

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,6Mo (2,7Mo) / 29,6cm x 42,0cm / 3496 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany animal agriculture female women woman people male child children group man men family religious German arts infant baby babies country religion parent virgin book guy sheep lying color golden mother decoration decorative scene medieval Christianity infancy Christ gold angel Jesus Jesus Christ motherhood depiction location century Virgin Mary son shepherd reclining parenting Bible birth literature Biblical miniature concept border decorated lying down manuscript cradle illustrated mum liturgy Colour New Testament life of Christ Bethlehem Palestine recumbent mediaeval Nativity Middle Ages Madonna 11th century illuminated manuscript Ottonian tempera vellum Virgin Mary Jesus Christ Mary St Joseph illustration manuscript Madonna Eleventh Century Biblical scene Unknown gold St Virgin Saint Mary Virgin Mother Mother of God The Virgin Mary Stella Maris St Mary Joseph Saint Joseph Joachim Folio liturgical Sacramentary Heritage Art Our Lady of Refuge Our Lady of Mariazell Notre Dame du Folgoet Our Lady of Folgoet folio verso Tempera colours and gold 1030s