Annunciation
According to Christian tradition, the annunciation was an announcement made by the angel Gabriel to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, that she was to have a son despite being a virgin.
The Feast of the Annunciation is celebrated by Christians on 25 March every year.
Annunciation Media
- Annunciation from 13th century Armenian Gospel.jpg
Annunciation by Armenian manuscript illuminator Toros Roslin, 13th century
- Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo 023.jpg
The Annunciation by Murillo, 1655–1660, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
- Annunciation to Zechariah British Library Add. MS 59874 Ethiopian Bible.jpg
Annunciation to Zechariah, taken from an Ethiopian Bible (c. 1700), British Library
- Nazaret Gabrielskirche BW 11.JPG
- The Annunciation - Johann Christian Schröder - Google Cultural Institute.jpg
The Annunciation by Johann Christian Schröder, c. 1690
- Paolo de Matteis - The Annunciation.jpg
The Annunciation by Paolo de Matteis, 1712, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis. The white lily in the angel's hand is symbolic of Mary's purity in Marian art.
- The annunciation, Gladzor.jpg
The Annunciation in Armenian art by Toros Taronetsi, 1323
References
Baynes, T.S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 90 {{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|1=and|coauthors=(help)- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 78.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 62.
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