The Holy Family's flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23); mid-12th-century mosaic, Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily: https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/zgothic/mosaics/4palatin/index.html …pic.twitter.com/b5H5Vz0Yu4
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The Flight into Egypt, from the Life of Mary polyptych, Hamburg cathedral, by Absolon Stumme, 1499: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/MNWHamburgPolyptych.html …pic.twitter.com/tIXgBt9ltX
Notice how it's an inversion of the Moses story - Moses flees Egypt to avoid Pharaoh, Jesus flees Israel to avoid Herod.pic.twitter.com/elttxUcxaL
Looking like kings and queens.
I wrote a paper on this mosaic (which I plan to publish eventually). According to M. Spain, it's not Aphrodisias, as pseudo-Matthew dates to the mid-6th century. Spain suggests it's the presentation of Christ before David.
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