 ... many competitors for the Virgin's hand that the High Priest ordered every unmarried man of the house of David to lay a dry rod on the altar, and declared that he whose rod should give forth buds should be the husband of Mary. Among the rivals was...  Walks in Florence - Page 59by Susan Horner, Joanna B. Horner - 1873Full view - About this book
 | Susan Horner, Joanna B. Horner - 1884 - 614 pages
...to represent the triumphs of the ancestor of the Saviour, and Joseph with his rod which has budded. altar, and declared that he whose rod should give...them with the utmost equanimity. Facing the larger frescoes by Taddeo Gaddi is a fresco by Sebastian Mainardi, a pupil of Domenico Ghirlandaio ; this... | |
 | 1900 - 48 pages
...be the husband of Mary. Among the rivals was Joseph, an elderly man and a widower, who already had sons and grandsons. His rod alone budded, and as it...a dove descended from heaven and lighted upon it. Among the Jews marriage was a civil contract rather than a religious ceremony; this explains why the... | |
 | 1900 - 572 pages
...be the husband of Mary. Among the rivals was Joseph, an elderly man and a widower, who already had sons and grandsons. His rod alone budded, and as it...a dove descended from heaven and lighted upon it. Among the Jews marriage was a civil contract rather than a religious ceremony; this explains why the... | |
 | William Griffith - 1925 - 232 pages
...bud should be the husband of Mary. Among the suitors was Joseph, an elderly man and a widower, whose rod alone budded; and as it did so a dove descended from heaven and lighted upon it. The Virgin is attended by five young women, Joseph by five young men — rejected suitors, of whom... | |
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