ox and ass

always present in pictures of Christ’s birth. [Christian Art: de Bles, 29; O.T.: Habakkuk 3:4]

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Enough for him, whom Cherubim Worship night and day, A breastful of milk, And a mangerful of hay; Enough for him, whom Angels Fall down before, The ox and ass and camel Which adore.

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We lined the wooden stable with straw and opened the cardboard box with the characters from last year: the shepherds, the innkeeper, the ox and ass, the manger.

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Burne-Jones had to press Mrs Villers-Wilkes hard to accept a "Nativity" window, but she was adamant that if he did, he must leave out the traditional ox and ass.

Shedding light on a glorious window; THE NATIVITY WINDOW Dr Roy Hartnell is a Visiting Lecturer at the Schoo l of Continuing Studies of the University of Birmingham and author of Pre-Rapha elite Birmingham

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