Ancient Representation of the Nativity details |
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| Image title: | Ancient Representation of the Nativity | |
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| Source: | Hone, William: “Hone’s Everyday Book” (1826) | |
| Place shown: | Bethlehem, Judea, Palestine | |
| Keywords: | christmas, religion, astrology, animals, people, christmas, greyscale | |
| Status: | public domain in the USA, out of copyright in Canada, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit required | |
Notes: |
A picture for Christmas, taken from the entry for December 24th. “This introduction of the ox and the ass warming the infant in the crib with their breath, is a fanciful construction by catholic writers on Isaiah i. 3; ‘The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib.’ ” (p. 1612) |
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| Dimensions: | 138 x 119mm (5.4 x 4.7 inches) | |
| Filename: | 1610-Ancient-Representation-of-the-Nativity-q75-384x500.jpg | |
| Blog link: | http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Hone/pages/1610-Ancient-Representation-of-the-Nativity/1610-Ancient-Representation-of-the-Nativity-q75-384x500.jpg | |
| Scanner dpi: | 1600 | |
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