Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

 From the late 1400's comes this Annunciation, which. now resides in the Museo Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (Spain):

Master of La Seu d'Urgell
Oil, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood

© Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

 

From the Breviary of Charles V, we have a lovely (tiny!) Annunciation for the Solemnity on March 25. 

Jean le Noir and Collaborators, Annunciation
from the Breviary of Charles V
French (Paris), c. 1364-1370
Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France
MS Lain 1052, fol. 352

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

 

The full title of this 1939 Annunciation by Buckley MacGurrin (American, b.1896, d.1971) is "Angelus Domini Nunciavit Marie," a slight departure from the opening words of the Angelus in Latin (Mary's name is rendered Mariae in the prayer).  

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image (and a message for Alomgir)

On this Sunday when the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord is celebrated in many parts of the world, it is especially fitting to feature this 14th century Catalonian Annunciation, paired in its original setting (an altarpiece, now dismantled) with the Visit of the Magi.

Annunciation and Three Kings of the Epiphany; 14th Century, Catalonia, Spain

© Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Learn more about this beautiful piece at the website of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.

From my new assignment in New Orleans, I send you all triple greetings on this Solemnity of the Epiphany, on the day of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, patroness of New Orleans, at the start of King Cake Season!

For Alomgir: I have no idea how to help you in your quest, other than to pray that Jesus send you the person who can guide you wisely along the path of the Gospel. I invite all the readers of The Angelus Project to pray for you and other Muslim background disciples of Jesus. You inspire us to follow Jesus with greater faith, hope, and love.

Praying the Angelus with Art: This Week's Image

Happy New Year!

The first Annunciation of 2023 dates back to Italy circa 1330. Part of an altarpiece executed on cotton in embroidery in silk, cotton, and metallic threads, it is in the Cloisters (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Visit the Cloisters website to enjoy the image in full detail: it's worth it!