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The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius
Carlos Crivelli,
1486
Annunciation Definition: To announce or declare a proclamation.
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The announcement that Angel Gabriel gave to the Virgin Mary of her conception of Christ is also a definition of Annunciation.
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As one of the definitions of annunciation is the announcement Angel Gabriel gave to the Virgin Mary about her conception of God, maybe the painting could be similar to that. The UFO looking object in the sky may be the heavens directing angels to where Saint Emidius is as there are beings who appear to look like angels out side. Saint Emidius may have been a big thinker and a very religious person so he might have found out something that may be true causing the heavens to send a message through angels.
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At the bottom of the painting you can see two words, Libertas and Ecclesiastica. I found out that Libertas may mean freedom in Italian and Ecclesiastica meant ecclesiastical which means "Relating to the Christian Church or it's clergy." These two words may have a big meaning into what this painting represents and what it means.
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