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" entryDate[1] = " 01/08/" + year entryContent[1] = " Annunciation Scene - Andrea del Sarto: Annunciation, 1528. There is a tiny book which Mary has set aside next to the flower vase, while the angel bears a lily.
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" entryDate[2] = " 01/15/" + year entryContent[2] = " Annunciation Scene - Andrea del Sarto: The Annunciation, 1512-1513. Note that there is a depiction of Susannah and the Elders in the background.
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" entryDate[3] = " 01/22/" + year entryContent[3] = " Annunciation Scene - Pietro Cavallini: Annunciation, 1291. The angel makes a gesture of blessing with two fingers extended, symbolizing the dual nature of Christ.
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" entryDate[4] = " 01/29/" + year entryContent[4] = " Annunciation Scene - Antoniazzo Romano: Annunciation, 1485. The painting was commissioned by Cardinal Juan de Torquemad, shown kneeling next to the angel.
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" entryDate[5] = " 02/05/" + year entryContent[5] = " Annunciation Scene - William Adolphe Bouguereau: Annunciation, 1888. There is a spinning wheel in the foreground.
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" entryDate[6] = " 02/12/" + year entryContent[6] = " Annunciation Scene - Melchior Broederlam: Annunciation, 1393-99. The "Ave Maria" is written on the banner, while light descends upon Mary through the window.
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" entryDate[7] = " 02/19/" + year entryContent[7] = " Annunciation Scene - Domenico Beccafumi: Annunciation, 1545. This scenes shows the traditional elements of the lily, dove, and book.
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" entryDate[8] = " 02/26/" + year entryContent[8] = " Annunciation Scene - Fra Filippo Lippi: Annunciation, 1467-69.
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" entryDate[9] = " 03/04/" + year entryContent[9] = " Annunciation Scene - Fra Filippo Lippi: Annunciation, c. 1443. God is atended by cherubim in the upper left-hand corner.
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" entryDate[10] = " 03/11/" + year entryContent[10] = " Annunciation Scene - Michiel van der Borch: Annunciation, 1332. The banner displays the words "Ave Maria gratia plena."
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" entryDate[11] = " 03/18/" + year entryContent[11] = " Annunciation Scene - Sebastiano Mazzoni: Annunciation, c. 1650. Both Gabriel and the cherub bear flowers.
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" entryDate[12] = " 03/25/" + year entryContent[12] = " Annunciation Scene - Novgorod School: Annunciation, late 15th century. Mary is spinning a red thread.
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" entryDate[13] = " 04/01/" + year entryContent[13] = " Annunciation Scene - Tiffany stained glass: Annunciation, 1900. Notice that Mary's head is covered, and only her hands and face are visible.
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" entryDate[14] = " 04/08/" + year entryContent[14] = "

Master of Flemalle: Annunciation, 1420s. There is a woodcut above the chimney showing Saint Christopher.
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" entryDate[15] = " 04/15/" + year entryContent[15] = " Annunciation Scene - Psalter: Annunciation, 1180. The angel's banner displays the words of the "Ave Maria."
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" entryDate[16] = " 04/22/" + year entryContent[16] = " Annunciation Scene - Jean Bellegambe: Annunciation, 1516-17. The Father sends down the Son bearing a cross and the Spirit as a dove.
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" entryDate[17] = " 04/29/" + year entryContent[17] = " Annunciation Scene - Belbello da Pavia: Annunciation, 1450/1460. This image decorates a musical manuscript of the Magnificat.
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" entryDate[18] = " 05/06/" + year entryContent[18] = " Annunciation Scene - Benedetto Bonfigli: Annunciation, 1455-1460. Notice Luke writing his gospel, attended by his symbolic animal, the bull.
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" entryDate[19] = " 05/13/" + year entryContent[19] = " Annunciation Scene - Fra Angelico: Annunciation, 1450. The first inscription reads "Salve, Mater pietatis et totius Trinitatis nobile triclinium Maria!" and a second inscription: "Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram pretereundo cave ne sileatur ave."

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" entryDate[20] = " 05/20/" + year entryContent[20] = " Annunciation Scene - Novgorod School: Annunciation, 1130-40. You can see the future infant on Mary's bosom.
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" entryDate[21] = " 05/27/" + year entryContent[21] = " Annunciation Scene - Caravaggio: Annunciation, 1608-09. This is one of Caravaggio's last paintings (he died in 1610, at the age of 39).
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" entryDate[22] = " 06/03/" + year entryContent[22] = " Annunciation Scene - Greek Icon: Annunciation. The finger gesture with the thumb crossing the next-to-last finger is a representation of IC XC.
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" entryDate[23] = " 06/10/" + year entryContent[23] = " Annunciation Scene - Breviary: Annunciation, 1307. Notice the dove that has descended next to Mary. [ReligiousReading.com]
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" entryDate[24] = " 06/17/" + year entryContent[24] = " Annunciation Scene - Carolo di Braccesco: Annunciation, 15th century. There is a vase of flowers, a symbolic representation of Mary.
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" entryDate[25] = " 06/24/" + year entryContent[25] = " Annunciation Scene - Hans Memling: Annunciation, c. 1489. Two angels support Mary, one on either side.
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" entryDate[26] = " 07/01/" + year entryContent[26] = " Annunciation Scene - Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Annunciation, 1849-1850. Rossetti's sister, Christina Rosetti, was the model used for Mary.
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" entryDate[27] = " 07/08/" + year entryContent[27] = " Annunciation Scene - Fra Angelico: Annunciation, 1430-32. You can see Adam and Eve expelled from Eden on the left.
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" entryDate[28] = " 07/15/" + year entryContent[28] = " Annunciation Scene - Rueland Frueauf the Elder: Annunciation, c. 1495. The angel's fingers hold the banner in a symbolic representation of the dual nature of Christ and the three persons of the Trinity.
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" entryDate[29] = " 07/22/" + year entryContent[29] = " Annunciation Scene - Picture Bible: Annunciation, c. 1200. The angel extends two fingers in blessing, while Mary presents an open hand of acceptance.
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" entryDate[30] = " 07/29/" + year entryContent[30] = " Annunciation Scene - Jan van Eyck: Annunciation, 1435. The floor tiles shown Biblical scenes.
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" entryDate[31] = " 08/05/" + year entryContent[31] = " Annunciation Scene - Sherry Yost: Annunciation, c. 2004. The vase is filled with lilies.
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" entryDate[32] = " 08/12/" + year entryContent[32] = " Annunciation Scene - Illuminated ms.: Annunciation, c. 1450. The dove descends on a beam of light through the window, emitted from the mouth of God.
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" entryDate[33] = " 08/19/" + year entryContent[33] = " Annunciation Scene - Orazio Gentileschi: Annunciation, c. 1623. Here Mary stands beside her bed.
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" entryDate[34] = " 08/26/" + year entryContent[34] = " Annunciation Scene - Giovanni di Paolo: Annunciation. The hand of God can be seen above.
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" entryDate[35] = " 09/02/" + year entryContent[35] = " Annunciation Scene - Fra Filippo Lippi: Annunciation. Here you can see Mary reaching out to take the flower.
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" entryDate[36] = " 09/09/" + year entryContent[36] = " Annunciation Scene - St. Botolph's (Banningham): Annunciation, 14-15th century. The banner reads "Ecce ancilla domini."
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" entryDate[37] = " 09/16/" + year entryContent[37] = " Annunciation Scene - Gentile da Fabriano: Annunciation, c. 1425. The golden illumination passes through the intact window to reach Mary's intact womb.
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" entryDate[38] = " 09/23/" + year entryContent[38] = " Annunciation Scene - Greek icon: Annunciation, circa 1150. Mary is spinning a red thread on a spindle.
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" entryDate[39] = " 09/30/" + year entryContent[39] = " Annunciation Scene - Lorenzo Ghiberti: Annunciation, 1403-1424. God is shown descending from the sky, as he lets loose a dove.
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" entryDate[40] = " 10/07/" + year entryContent[40] = " Annunciation Scene - Bastiano Mainardi: Annunciation, c. 1482. The tiny scrolls in the bookcase read "Laudate dominum omnes gentes" and "Initium sapientiae timor domini."
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" entryDate[41] = " 10/14/" + year entryContent[41] = " Annunciation Scene - El Greco: Annunciation, 1596-1600. In the foreground is a sewing basket and a rose-bush in flames.
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" entryDate[42] = " 10/21/" + year entryContent[42] = " Annunciation Scene - Matthias Grunewald: Annunciation, c. 1515. The prophet Isaiah displaying his book can be seen in the upper-left corner.
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" entryDate[43] = " 10/28/" + year entryContent[43] = " Annunciation Scene - Jan Janssens: Annunciation. Mary's sewing basket is shown in the foreground.
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" entryDate[44] = " 11/04/" + year entryContent[44] = " Annunciation Scene - Book of Hours: Annunciation, c. 1420. The illumination accompanies the text reading "Domine labia mea aperies et os meum annunciabit."
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" entryDate[45] = " 11/11/" + year entryContent[45] = " Annunciation Scene - Giovanni di Paolo: Annunciation and Expulsion from Paradise, c. 1435. You can see Adam and Eve being expelled from Eden by an angel.
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" entryDate[46] = " 11/18/" + year entryContent[46] = " Annunciation Scene - Greek icon: Annunciation, c. 1500. Mary holds a drop spindle of red thread.
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" entryDate[47] = " 11/25/" + year entryContent[47] = " Annunciation Scene - Munich Studios Stained Glass: Annunciation. The light descends upon Mary's head.
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" entryDate[48] = " 12/02/" + year entryContent[48] = " Annunciation Scene - Master of Cologne: Annunciation, c. 1330. the banner contains the words of the "Ave Maria."
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" entryDate[49] = " 12/08/" + year entryContent[49] = " Annunciation Scene - Monaco Lorenzo: Annunciation, 1410-15. The angel hovers in flight off the ground.
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" entryDate[50] = " 12/14/" + year entryContent[50] = " Annunciation Scene - Lorenzo Veneziano: Annunciation, 1371
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" entryDate[51] = " 12/20/" + year entryContent[51] = " Annunciation Scene - Lorenzo Lotto: Annunciation, c. 1527. A cat scurries away in terror at the dramatic arrival of the angel.
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" entryDate[52] = " 12/26/" + year entryContent[52] = " Annunciation Scene - Hans Memling: Annunciation, 1467-70. The banner contains the words of the "Ave Maria."
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