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Title:Nativity on Ivory
Notes:Story of the birth of Christ shown on an unidentified ivory piece, depicting: 1) Mary reclining in bed and looking at the Christ-child, surrounded by angels and shepherds; 2) the Christ-child being bathed by the midwife with Joseph looking on
Building:Victoria and Albert Museum
Material:Ivory
City/Town:London
Country:United Kingdom
Scripture:Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)
Matthew 1:18-25
Lectionary links:ANatv
AAdvt04
General Subject:Nativity
Angels
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism
ICONCLASS Number:73B1
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Copyright Source:Prof. Patout J. Burns
Copyright Permission:Permission for non-commercial use with the attribution
Attribution:Nativity on Ivory, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=31702 [retrieved March 25, 2023]. Original source: Prof. Patout J. Burns.
Record Number:31702 Last Updated: 2022-07-07 15:31:59 Record Created: 2003-08-01 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Unit: Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition