A Christmas card arrived from Pluscarden Abbey, as it usually does about this time of year. My friend there was wise enough to join a community that is allowed contact with the outside world and we exchange as many as three letters a year.
But this year I was particularly taken with the picture and it's already up here by me on the wall.
It is The Annunciation (1898) by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
I like Mary in this; I like the folds in her clothes and the bedclothes; I like the screen behind her and the blinding light.
Brilliant. Christmas can bring out unexpected wonderful things and this is a highlight of this year.
Happy Christmas.
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