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LEFT:
MAIN LIGHTS:
Our Lady and St
Joseph. Both hold the lily of purity. Our Lady is crowned, and
with the customary seven stars; St Joseph is accompanied by the Dove
(The Holy Spirit) and carries his bag of carpenter's tools.
LOWER LIGHT:
The Nativity (left) and The angel
appearing to Joseph in a dream (right), "Fear not to take
unto thee Mary as thy wife".
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RIGHT:
MAIN LIGHTS:
Elizabeth
and Zachariah (with censer). Elizabeth was
past child-bearing, hence, she is carrying what appears to be an
empty nest, the sign of infertility. Subsequently she became the
mother of John the Baptist.
Zachariah was a priest at the Temple whose vision of an angel led to
his becoming mute. He carries the censer and is dressed in red
possibly because Eastern tradition has it that he was martyred by
Herod.
LOWER LIGHT:
the Visitation of Our Lady to Elizabeth (left) and the writing of the name of John (right)
by the temporarily mute Zachariah. Elizabeth stands over him while
the child is held by a younger woman.
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