Life in Newburgh on Ythan

By Talpa

Safely delivered

And sche bare hir first borun sone, and wlappide hym in clothis, and leide hym in a cratche, for ther was no place to hym in no chaumbir.

Luke 2.7. John Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into Middle English circa 1380

This nativity figurine of Mary and the baby Jesus wrapped in his swaddling clothes is from Peru. 

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