Ordo Rachelis
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The Ordo Rachelis, Interfectio Puerorum, or Ludus Innocentium is a medieval dramatic tradition consisting in four plays and based on the Massacre of the Innocents, an event recorded in the Gospel of M
Massacre of the Innocents from the late 10th-century Codex Egberti
Massacre of the Innocents
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The Massacre of the Innocents is a story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two yea
Ordo Rachelis
…Murder of the Children), or Ludus Innocentium (Play of the Innocents) is a medieval dramatic tradition consisting in four plays and based on the Massacre of the Innocents, an event recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, and on the prophecy recorded in the Book of Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter…
The Virgin and Child Surrounded by the Holy Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Massacre of the Innocents
Rubens, Massacre of the Innocents, 1610–11, Toronto
Massacre of the Innocents, Matteo di Giovanni, c. 1500