Field photograph·Csn0901·1927–1931

The nativity of Staros near Platanistassa

Reproduction of a painted Nativity scene: a haloed figure reclines beside a swaddled infant in a manger, with angels above.
Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0901. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A photograph of a printed reproduction of a painting, mounted above a caption card. Haloed angels crowd the top, and a haloed figure reclines in the centre beside a swaddled infant in a box-shaped manger, with a white animal behind. Figures in pointed hats stand on the left, a shepherd with a staff stands centre right, and a seated haloed figure sits at lower centre; lettering is painted across the scene.

English, as on the record

THE NATIVITY OF STAROS NEAR PLATANISTASSA (Fifteenth centuary) Vivian Seymer "Cyprus was one of the first heathen lands to receive the gospel message. Its inhabitants were some of the earliest to proclaim the good tidings of great joy." J. Hackett-1900 (History of the Church of Cyprus)

English, as on the record

THE NATIVITY OF STAROS NEAR PLATANISTASSA (Fifteenth centuary) Vivian Seymer "Cyprus was one of the first heathen lands to receive the gospel message. Its inhabitants were some of the earliest to proclaim the good tidings of great joy." J. Hackett-1900 (History of the Church of Cyprus)