Vulgar words in Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts (Page 1)
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The presence of Joseph--the ruined shed or manger--the ox and ass,--these express the _event_.
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In their "Nativities," the ox and ass are not, indeed, omitted; they must be present by religious and prescriptive usage; but they are to be made picturesque, as if they were in the stable by right, and as if it were only a stable, not a temple hallowed to a diviner significance.
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In some of the old German pictures, while the Hebrew ox is quietly chewing the cud, the Gentile ass "lifts up his voice" and brays with open mouth, as if in triumph.