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Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany

Today’s Gospel is about Christ teaching in the Temple, traditionally called Christ among the Doctors by art historians. One of several scenes on a fifth-century ivory diptych in Milan Cathedral and in a manuscript sent from Rome to England in the 7th century (see also), itself clearly modeled on a model like the Milan ivory.Continue reading “Sunday within the Octave of Epiphany”

3 January – Saint Peter Apselamus

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Martyrologium Romanum (11 January) Roman Martyrology Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Miniature Lives of the Saints for Every Day Medieval Hagiography BHL Acta Sanctorum The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database Art & Architecture Index of Medieval Art (nb: work 208345Continue reading “3 January – Saint Peter Apselamus”

Devotion in Art – Jean-François Millet’s L’Angélus

1880 Drawing by Vincent Van Gogh Jean-François Millet: Peasant and Painter, on The Angelus in an 1881 biography by Alfred Sensier, Millet’s Art Dealer. SmartHistory Dr. Elizabeth Lev explains “The Angelus” by Jean-Francois Millet for Openlight Media Child Stories from the Masters