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Nothing is said in the earliest Gospels about the birth and childhood of Mary and her family. In the mid-2nd century CE the [[Protoevangelium of James]] provided a narrative modeled after the birth of John the Baptist.
Nothing is said in the earliest Gospels about the birth and childhood of Mary and her family. In the mid-2nd century CE the [[Protoevangelium of James]] provided a narrative modeled after the birth of John the Baptist.


==The Birth of Mary in ancient sources ==
==Birth of Mary, in ancient sources ==


==== [[Protoevangelium of James]] ====
==== [[Protoevangelium of James]] ====


[5] ''...And her months were fulfilled, and in the ninth  month Anna brought forth. And she said to the midwife: What have I brought forth? And she said: A girl. And said Anna: My soul has been magnified this day. And she laid her down. And the days having been fulfilled, Anna was purified, and gave the breast to the child,  and called her name Mary.''
[5] ''...And her months were fulfilled, and in the ninth  month Anna brought forth. And she said to the midwife: What have I brought forth? And she said: A girl. And said Anna: My soul has been magnified this day. And she laid her down. And the days having been fulfilled, Anna was purified, and gave the breast to the child,  and called her name Mary.''
==Birth of Mary, in the arts==
<gallery>
File:Birth Mary Giotto.jpg|[[Birth of Mary (1306 Giotto), art]]
File:Birth Mary Lorenzetti.jpg|[[Birth of Mary (1342 Lorenzetti), art]]
File:Birth Mary Giambono.jpg|[[Birth of Mary (1433 Giambono), art]]
File:Birth Mary Uccello.jpg|[[Birth of Mary (1435 Uccello), art]]
File:Birth Mary Meister.jpg|[[Nativity of Mary (1465 Meister des Marienlebens), art]]
File:Birth Mary Vivarini.jpg|[[Birth of Mary (1473 Vivarini), art]]
File:Birth Mary Signorelli.jpg|[[Nativity of Mary (1490 Signorelli), art]]
File:Birth Mary Ghirlandaio.jpg|[[Nativity of Mary (1490 Ghirlandaio), art]]
File:Birth Mary Carpaccio.jpg|[[Birth of the Virgin (1508 Carpaccio), art]]
File:Birth Mary Sarto.jpg|[[Birth of the Virgin (1513 Andrea del Sarto), art]]
File:Birth Mary Boccaccino.jpg|[[Birth of Mary (1515 Boccaccino), art]]
File:Birth Mary Altdorfer.jpg|[[Birth of Mary (1535 Altdorfer), art]]
File:Birth Mary Beccafumi.jpg|[[Birth of the Virgin (1543 Beccafumi), art]]
File:Birth Mary Saraceni.jpg|[[Birth of the Virgin (1619 Saraceni), art]]
File:Birth Mary Vouet.jpg|[[Birth of the Virgin (1620 Vouet), art]]
File:Birth Mary Zurbarán.jpg|[[Birth of the Virgin (1630 Zurbarán), art]]
File:Birth Mary Murillo.jpg|[[Birth of the Virgin (1660 Murillo), art]]
</gallery>


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 10:51, 28 February 2017


The Birth to Mary refers to an episode in the live of Mary of Nazareth, as narrated in the Protoevangelium of James.

< Life of Mary of Nazareth : Mary's Early Life -- Nativity of Jesus -- Jesus' Hidden Years -- Mary and the Ministry of Jesus --- Mary and the Early Church -- Relics of Mary of Nazareth >

Overview

Nothing is said in the earliest Gospels about the birth and childhood of Mary and her family. In the mid-2nd century CE the Protoevangelium of James provided a narrative modeled after the birth of John the Baptist.

Birth of Mary, in ancient sources

Protoevangelium of James

[5] ...And her months were fulfilled, and in the ninth month Anna brought forth. And she said to the midwife: What have I brought forth? And she said: A girl. And said Anna: My soul has been magnified this day. And she laid her down. And the days having been fulfilled, Anna was purified, and gave the breast to the child, and called her name Mary.

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