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Annunciations
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This page has been on the "do list" for some time. It contains links to Annunciation representations we have enjoyed during our travels in Western Europe. As we did not make a note of these when the pages were created, the list will be slowly populated as we rediscover relevant pages. Let us know of any you spot any which have not been picked up yet!
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Terracotta reliefs over the wash basins outside the refectory of the Certosa di Pavia
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Painting by the Tavolo di Prete Ilario di Viterbo (1393).
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Santa Maria di Cerrate near Lecce in south Puglia - echoes of the St-Savin style plus a few local buildings in this fresco in the museum.
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Cattedrale di San Valentino, Bitonto (Puglia) - crypt fresco.
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St-Gatien Cathedral, Tours - soaring gothic cathedral of light and colour.
Mary with a gently resigned "I really don't need this complication in my life" look is faced down by a steely eyed right-angle winged archangel.
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The ultimate Annunciation painter - Fra Angelico in Cell 3 (above) and the stairhead (below) of the Convent of San Marco, Florence
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Pontormo - Annunciation - Cappella Capponi in Santa Felicità, Florence
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Detail from a Byzantine Cross of the 1000s - Cluny Museum, Paris
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Donatello in the Tabernacle Cavalcanti, Santa Croce (Florence)
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Notre Dame-la-Grande, Poitiers, (West France)
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Cathedral of Ste-Foy, Conques - featuring Gabriel with toupée
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A beautiful Annunciation scene in a pair of windows in the little church among the Melbury Bubb farm buildings. Mary is still in the "you're joking" phase of the story.
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