For those who celebrate, blessings at #Epiphany. May you find the light you seek.
Despite Giotto's depiction (c1305 CE), #starofbethlehem was probably NOT #comet. He saw #HalleysComet in 1301 CE, which was also visible in 12 BCE.
#seasonoflight #astronomy #histsci #3kingsday
fresco by Giotto, public domain
After the kings Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar came with
- myrrh,
- incense,
- gold,
wise women arrived with
- cooked food,
- diapers,
- nanny.
6 January is the feast of the #Epiphany, so here is Vidimus Stellam, an early #17thCentury #motet for the day by William #Byrd, from #Gradualia, 1607.
Eleanor Cramer: #soprano
Christopher Goodwin: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: tenor viol
Vidimus stellam in Orientem, et venimus cum muneribus adorare Dominum.
We have seen a star in the East, and have come with gifts to adore the Lord.
Image: Leonardo da Vinci - Adoration of the Magi, c1481 (Uffizi Galleries)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hLS0w42S4s&ab_channel=Passamezzo
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Anatol Stefanowitsch
Jennifer Lynn Bartlett moved
Paul Schoe
Tamsin Lewis