James Ossuary
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The James Ossuary is a limestone box that is claimed to be from the 1st-century that was used for containing the bones of the dead. An Aramaic inscription reading "Jacob, son of Joseph, brother of Yes
The James Ossuary, a limestone bone box that is ostensibly from the 1st century CE.
Close-up of the Aramaic inscription: "Ya'akov bar Yosef akhui di Yeshua" ("James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus")
Holy Family
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The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. The subject became popular in Christian art from the 1490s on, but veneration of the Holy Family was formally beg
James Ossuary
…Yeshua" in translation is cut into one side of the box. The ossuary attracted scholarly attention due to its possible association with the Christian Holy Family. It has been the subject of continuing debate over its authenticity. In a trial that lasted from 2004 to 2012, Oded Golan and others were tried for…
Miniature in the Grandes Heures of Anne of Brittany, 1503–1508, by Jean Bourdichon
Holy Family with Saints Anne and John the Baptist, Andrea Mantegna, 1495-1500
Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, c. 1500
Joos van Cleve, Metropolitan Museum of Art, c. 1512, adapting a van Eyck Madonna with Joseph added