Tongues of fire appear to the apostles, who sit around a throne, occupied by the praying Virgin Mary. Reproduction of a woodcut.

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Decacordum Christianum
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Tongues of fire appear to the apostles, who sit around a throne, occupied by the praying Virgin Mary. Reproduction of a woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. N.T. Acts 2.1-16. The sole reference to Mary in this relation is Acts 1.14, in which she is simply described as being present. A dove hovers above the Virgin, who does not play a role in the Biblical version of the Pentecost. The Bible tells how the apostles were deemed by onlookers to be drunk

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1 photomechanical print : reproduction of a woodcut ; border 25.8 x 16.8 cm.

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The descent of the holy ghost. From the "Decacordum Christianum"

References note

L. Réau, 'Iconographie de l'art chrétien' (Paris 1957), vol. II/II, p. 594 (on the role of Mary in the Pentecost)

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