Here is a splendid 15th century Annunciation from a Florentine triptych by Bicci di Lorenzo, now in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (on permanent loan from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection). Notice the seraphim (fiery angels) in the peaks above each image.
The centrality of the Crucifixion reminds us of the centrality of the Cross in the "collect" of the Angelus prayer:
Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts,
that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ thy Son was made known by the message of an angel may, by his Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of his Resurrection,
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
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| Triptych by Bicci di Lorenzo Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection |
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