Thursday, December 25, 2008

Why is the Ox and Donkey ALWAYS in the Nativity Scene?


I know you've been dying for the answer to that question, right??

No?

Yeah, me either. But now that Fred Sanders has addressed it, I realize it's a question worth asking . . . perhaps one I should have been asking. The answer is quite interesting! So, for your Christmas morning . . .

Ox and Ass at Christ's Manger

The picture is Giotto's Nativity from the Scrovegni chapel, painted around 1300.

Here's wishing you a VERY Merry Christmas! May the Prince of Peace be born anew in your heart this day!

1 comment:

Jayne said...

Hope you and your family had a very merry Christmas!