A subject
The massacre of the innocents and the flight into Egypt
Matthew 2:13-231470–15032 hands
Opened by a notation lookup, not by an editor. Iconclass 73B6 glosses this subject as “the massacre of the innocents and the flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23)”, and this library reads the Douay-Rheims, where the passage stands at Matthew 2:13-23.
And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph,…
Matthew 2:13
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2 hands, 1470 to 1503
The hands
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Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura)1470sThe Flight into EgyptThe Jules Bache Collection, 1949. CC0-1.0Confirmed: the object's own title names the scene and the matched notation or heading is specific to it. 
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)c. 1503–5The Flight into EgyptDudley P. Allen Fund. CC0-1.0Durer's Flight into Egypt, from the Life of the Virgin. The flight and the massacre are one subject here because Matthew 2 tells them as one event.
The passage
11 verses13And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and fly into Egypt: and be there until I shall tell thee. For it will come to pass that Herod will seek the child to destroy him.
14Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
15That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
16Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying:
18A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
19But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
20Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.
21Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.
23And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was said by prophets: That he shall be called a Nazarene.
In the stacks
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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and _slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under_, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: _for
0.80The Myth of the Birth of the Hero
And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned glorifying and praising God for all the things which they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.” We now
0.76Sacred and legendary art, volume 1 (of 2)
His original name was Levi. It is recorded in few words, that as he sat at the receipt of custom by the lake of Gennesareth, Jesus in passing by saw him, and said unto him, ‘Follow me,’ and he left all and followed him; and farther, that he made a feast in his house, at which many publicans and sinners sat down with the Lord and his disciples, to the great astonishment and scandal of the Jews. So far the sacred record: the traditional and legendary history of St. Matthew
0.73The Myth of the Birth of the Hero
And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail! thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women! And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary; for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, _thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son and call his name Jesus. He shall be great and shall be called
0.73Religious art in France, 13 century
large and ripe as it it had grown for a year. And when the soldiers of Herod who sought the Child for to kill Him, came to that labourer who was reaping his wheat, they asked him if he had seen a woman carrying a child. ' Yes,' said he, ' when I was sowing my corn.' Then the murderers thought that he knew not what he was saying for this corn had been growing for nigh on a year, and they turned back."2 These two incidents, the first taken
0.73Sacred and legendary art, volume 1 (of 2)
The Hebrews being carried away captive into the land of Assyria, Daniel prayed that they might be permitted to return when the seventy years of captivity were over: but the Angel of Persia opposed himself on this occasion to the angels Michael and Gabriel. He wished to retain the Jews in captivity, because he was glad to have, within the bounds of his jurisdiction, a people who served the true God, and because he hoped that in time the captive Jews would convert to the truth the Assyrians and Persians
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How this subject was made
The subject was opened by an Iconclass notation. The library's map reads 73B6, whose own gloss is the massacre of the innocents and the flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23)
, as Matthew 2:13-23; a picture reaches this page when the notation a cataloguer put on it resolves here, whether the cataloguer wrote the notation down or wrote a subject heading that carries one. The authority is iconclass.org/73B6.
Connections
Painted
- The Flight into Egypt1470Confirmed: the object's own title names the scene and the matched notation or heading is specific to it.
- The Flight into Egypt1503Durer's Flight into Egypt, from the Life of the Virgin. The flight and the massacre are one subject here because Matthew 2 tells them as one event.