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The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Marymas, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus. Devotion to the innocence of Mary under this Marian title is widely celebrated in many cultures across globe.
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The Birth of the Virgin The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Mary, the Marymas or the Birth of the Virgin Mary, refers to a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus. Devotion to the innocence of Mary under this Marian title is widely celebrated in many cultures across globe. The earliest document commemorating Marymas comes from a hymn written in the sixth century. The feast may have originated somewhere in Syria or Palestine in the beginning of the sixth century, when after the Council of Ephesus, the cult of the Mother of God was greatly intensified, especially in Syria The scene was frequently depicted in art, as part of cycles of the Life of the Virgin. Medieval depictions of Mary in infancy often include her birth by Saint Anne Saint Anna
Netherlandish School: Follower of Jan Rombouts (1475- 1535) Birth of the Virgin - The National Gallery, London
Netherlandish School: Follower of Jan Rombouts (1475- 1535) Birth of the Virgin - The National Gallery, London
Manuscript Illumination with the Birth of the Virgin in an Initial G ca. 1375 Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manuscript Illumination with the Birth of the Virgin in an Initial G ca. 1375 (fragment) Metropolitan Museum of Art
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480- 1538) The Birth of the Virgin - Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480- 1538) The Birth of the Virgin - Alte Pinakothek, Munich (fragment)
Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480- 1538) The Birth of the Virgin - Alte Pinakothek, Munich (fragment)
Alessandro Gherardini (1655-1723) The Birth of Mary, 1712
Alessandro Gherardini (1655-1723) The Birth of Mary, 1712 (fragment)
Alessandro Turchi The Birth of Mary (1631-1635) Museo del Prado
Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) Birth of the Virgin Santissima Annunziata Firenze
Andrea di Bartolo (1360/70 - 1428) National Gallery in Washington DC
Angelos Anagnostou - The Birth of the Virgin 1704 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Anonymous German artist, The Birth of the Virgin 1430 Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Bernardino Luini (c. 1480-1532) The Birth of the Virgin Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Antonio Gonzalez Velazquez (Spanish, 1723 - 1794) The Birth of the Virgin Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - Birth of the Virgin, 1682 Louvre Museum
Birth of the Virgin after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo ca 1810 The National Gallery, London
Corrado Giaquinto (1703–1765) The Birth of the Virgin Christ Church, University of Oxford
Unidentified Cuzco Artist 18th century The Birth of the Virgin Patrimonio Artístico de la Iglesia Católica del Perú
Juan Garcia de Miranda (1677-1749) The birth of the Virgin Prado Museum
Pietro Cavallini (1240–1330) Birth of the Virgin Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, Roma
Chora or Kariye Museum, formally the Church of the Holy Saviour located in today's Fatih district in Istanbul Mosaic of the barrel vaulting in the inner Narthex Sermon on the Nativity of the Mother of God
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