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THE ANNUNCIATION; BENEDICT and SCHOLASTICA
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THE
ANNUNCIATION da Massina 1475 |
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EASTERN
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WESTERN
CHRISTIANITY
TWO
PORTRAYALS
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THE
ANNUNCIATION
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| Illum. MS. 14th Century | Stavronikita Icon. 1430 |
THE
WEST:
THE
BLESSED
VIRGIN
MARY
PONDERS
THE
SACRED
SCRIPTURE
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| Fra Angelico. 1430 |
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| Illum MS. Fra Angelico. 1430 | Wood Panel, 1430 |
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| Illum MS. 1520 | DaMessina, Virgin Annunciate, 1476 |
THE
EAST:THE
BLESSED
VIRGIN
MARY
SPINS
THE
SACRED
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from: The Apocryphal Protevangelium of James |
Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰακώβ. |
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10. And there was a council of the priests, saying: Let us make a veil for the temple of the Lord. And the priest said: Call to me the undefiled virgins of the family of David. [...] And they brought them into the temple of the Lord. |
Ἐγένετο δὲ συμβούλιον τῶν ἱερέων λεγόντων· Ποιήσωμεν καταπέτασμα τῷ ναῷ Κυρίου. Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἱερεύς· Καλέσατέ μοι τὰς παρθένους τὰς ἀμιάντους ἀπὸ τῆς φυλῆς τοῦ Δαυίδ. [...] Καὶ εἰσήγαγαν αὐτὰς ἐν τῷ να ῷ Κυρίου. |
| And the priest said: Choose for me by lot who shall spin the gold, and the white,28 and the fine linen, and the silk, and the blue,29 and the scarlet, and the true purple.30 | Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἱερεύς· Λάχε τέ μοι ὧδε͵ τίς νήσει τὸν χρυ σὸν καὶ τὸν ἀμίαντον καὶ τὴν 22 βύσσον καὶ τὸ σιρικὸν καὶ τὸ ὑα κίνθινον καὶ τὸ κόκκινον καὶ τὴν ἀληθινὴν πορφύραν. |
| And the true purple and the scarlet fell to the lot of Mary, and she took them, and went away to her house. [...] And Mary took the scarlet, and spun it. | Καὶ ἔλαχε τὴν Μαρίαν ἡ ἀληθινὴ πορφύρα καὶ τὸ κόκκινον. Καὶ λαβοῦσα ἀπῄει ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐ τῆς. [...] Μαρία δὲ λαβοῦσα τὸ κόκκινον ἔκλωθεν. |
| 11. [...] And she went away, trembling, to her house, [...] and taking the purple, she sat down on her seat, and drew it out. And, behold, an angel of the Lord stood before her, saying: Fear not, Mary; for you have found grace before the Lord of All. | 11. [...] Καὶ ἔντρομος 23 γενομένη εἰσῄει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς καὶ [...]λαβεν τὴν πορφύραν καὶ ἐκάθι σεν ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ ἧλκεν τὴν πορφύραν. Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔστη ἄγγελος ἐνώπιον αὐτῆς λέγων· Μὴ φοβοῦ͵ Μαρία· εὗρες γὰρ χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ πάντων Δεσπότου. |
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| Stavronikita Icon. 1430 | Annunciation Icon, 14th c. |
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| Annunciation, Byzantine. Illum MS | Annunciation Icon, [?] 12th c. |
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| Annunciation Icon, 14th c. | Annunciation Icon, 14th c. |
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