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The Annunciation to Mary

The Annunciation to Mary


The annunciation to Mary by the angel Gabriel. The book in Mary’s hand is open to the passage from Isaiah, “Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son” (7:14). Detail of a painting by Masolino da Panicale ca. 1430.

Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature. Harper’s Bible Dictionary 1985 : 1168. Print.
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