This image is from a mid-thirteenth century English missal (a prayer book) created in memory of Henry of Chichester in the scriptorium of Salisbury Cathedral. It shows Mary suckling the newborn Jesus, lying in a bed that would surely have been out of place in a stable!
No question about the anachronism, but the ‘stable’ idea has been downplayed in modern scholarship in favor of a family room that would likely double as a feeding place for animals.
Reblogged this on in tortures of Doubt & Despair.
No question about the anachronism, but the ‘stable’ idea has been downplayed in modern scholarship in favor of a family room that would likely double as a feeding place for animals.