Thursday, March 25, 2010
Irish Thursdays- Happy Annunciation Day!
Today is a two in one! Yes, the first is an Irish lamb :)
The Lamb of God! God became flesh and died for us!
I love how Mary is always shown reading a book. Was she religious, or a book worm? I'm glad in the last picture, Waterhouse depicts her reading a scroll. That's much more likely, since books weren't invented yet. You have to love Waterhouse's color palette too.
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She's not reading a scroll. That is her spindle. According the Church tradition (I am an Orthodox Christian), she was spinning scarlet wool for use in the temple curtain when Gabriel appeared for the annunciation. Notice in the Byzantine Icon you have pictured above, she is holding a spindle as well.
ReplyDeleteYou're right Alana, in the Waterhouse one she's got a spindle by her knees and a ball of yarn. Though to me it looks like there's a scroll on that book stand with a pillow to kneel on below it. That's what I was referring to.
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