Items in Bethlehem

The Nativity (1504)

One of a number of pictures that Albrecht Dürer [Duerer] made of the Nativity, i.e. the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, a significant religious event to people of the Christian religion. The birth here t [...]

Keywords: christmas, religion, buildings, people

Places shown: Bethlehem; Palestine

Added: 2006-11-12

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The Virgin and Child

From MS. Roy. 2 A. XXII. 13th Century. The Virgin mary holds the baby Jesus in her arm. Incense burns in the background. Mary wears a dirk blue skirt with stars and an embroidered hem. She sits on a [...]

Keywords: people, religion, christmas, colour

Places shown: Bethlehem; Palestine

Added: 2006-11-03

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Ancient Representation of the Nativity

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 write [...]

Keywords: christmas, religion, astrology, animals, peoplechristmas

Places shown: Bethlehem; Judea; Palestine

Added: 2006-01-09

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Bethlehem.

Engraved expressly for the Christian Parlor Magazine. W.H. Battlett. A.L. Dick. “Bethlehem, the birth-place of David and our Saviour Jesus Christ, is a village in Palestine, a part of Syria, in the Pa [...]

Keywords: views, cities, people, camels, entrances, christmas

Places shown: Bethlehem; Damascus; Palestine

Added: 2006-01-17

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Nativity of Christ [detail: crib scene]

This engraved drawing of the Nativity, that is, of the birth of Jesus Christ, appears beneath the atrological star chart for Jesus. The nativity scene shows Mary and Joseph, with the new-born baby boy [...]

Keywords: people, buildings, children, astrology, christmas

Places shown: Bethlehem; Palestine

Added: 2006-12-19

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