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This late 15th-century Flemish miniature shows the annunciation to the shepherds. The annunciation to the shepherds is an episode in the Nativity of Jesus described in the Bible in Luke 2, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus. It is a common subject of Christian art and of Christmas carols.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. [16] "Swaddling clothes" refers to "strips of linen that would be wrapped around the arms and legs of an infant to keep the limbs protected". [17] "Manger": or "feed trough". [18] [19]
Swaddling clothes described in the Bible consisted of a cloth tied together by bandage-like strips. After an infant was born, the umbilical cord was cut and tied, and then the baby was washed, rubbed with salt and oil, and wrapped with strips of cloth.
The "meane" of chapter VIII in Christopher Tye's Actes of the Apostles of 1553.The latter half was adapted and used as the tune of "Winchester Old". "While shepherds watched their flocks" [1] is a traditional Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with words attributed to Irish hymnist, lyricist and England's Poet Laureate Nahum Tate. [2]
Etching by Jan Luyken showing the triumphant return of the shepherd, from the Bowyer Bible. Parable of the Lost Sheep (right) in St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland. The Parable of the Lost Sheep is one of the parables of Jesus. It appears in the Gospels of Matthew (Matthew 18:12–14) and Luke (Luke 15:3–7). It is about a man who leaves ...
Lamb tattoos are known for their representation of innocence and vulnerability. This imagery often draws parallels to the Christian faith, where the lamb is a sacred symbol of Christ's sacrifice ...
The Adoration of the Shepherds is a circa 1480 oil on panel by the Colmar painter-engraver Martin Schongauer in the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. [1] The scene is the Adoration of the Shepherds. Mary kneels before her child, which lies on swaddling clothes.
On other shepherds asking him why he had hanged a sheep, the shepherd answered: The skin is that of a sheep, but the activities were those of a wolf." Abstemius's comment on the story follows the Biblical interpretation: 'people should be judged not by their outward demeanor but by their works, for many in sheep's clothing do the work of wolves ...