The lovely 6th-century mosaic of the Magi from Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna; lots more pics here by Genevra Kornbluth: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/SantApollinareNuovo.html … :)pic.twitter.com/lGHnu2sjae
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The lovely 6th-century mosaic of the Magi from Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna; lots more pics here by Genevra Kornbluth: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/SantApollinareNuovo.html … :)pic.twitter.com/lGHnu2sjae
An angel gently wakes the Magi from their sleep under a lovely crocheted blanket; 12th-century capital from Autun cathedral: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autun,_Dream_of_Three_Wise_Men.JPG …pic.twitter.com/ln1t8y7c0h
The Adoration of the Magi on an ivory panel from the Werden Casket, c. AD 800, made in the Lower Rhine area: http://m.vam.ac.uk/collections/item/O92728/the-nativity-and-the-adoration-panel-unknown/ …pic.twitter.com/OoxE8Rv3kC
The Adoration of the Magi on the 8th-century Anglo-Saxon 'Franks Casket': https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/asset/the-franks-casket/qgGG57GxhdpqBw …pic.twitter.com/PYUyHmVCpn
A 6th-/7th-century Byzantine gold medallion showing the Adoration of the Magi: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=60447&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/UWRK5hVEYe
@Patti1051 Here is another amazing thread and @ParvaVox shared that amazing mosaic...let me find that for you
"I'm a Hobbit, not an elf." (paraphrasing Leonard, The Big Bang Theory, series 1, episode 6)
Those disproportionately large feet look like hobbit feet to my nerd eyes!
@MarshRijssenbe1
Very cool.
How wonderful!
Glorious artefacts
Question for you. Do you know where the idea that there were "three" magi who came to visit the Christ child came from? No scripture seems to indicate three, but it's obvious from this art piece that the tradition is quite old. Very curious.
Ah.. heute ist Dreikönige.
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