The Holy NightCorreggio[Frontispiece]
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The Holy NightC. Müllerfacing[16]
The Arrival of the ShepherdsLerolle"[40]
The BellsBlashfield"[72]
The MadonnaBellini"[96]
The Virgin adoring the Infant ChristCorreggio"[120]
The MadonnaMurillo"[152]
Holy NightVan Ulade"[184]
The Holy Family with the ShepherdsTitian"[216]
Madonna della SediaRaphael"[272]
The Adoration of the MagiPaolo Veronese"[304]
The Adoration of the MagiMemling"[344]

I
SIGNS OF THE SEASON

THE time draws near the birth of Christ:

The moon is hid; the night is still;

The Christmas bells from hill to hill

Answer each other in the mist.

Four voices of four hamlets round,