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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

25th December 2024 OldTrout Arts, Christianity, Music 2239 Comments

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The Nativity, Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Painted in about 1470/75, it is in the National Gallery.

In memory of Caroline Catherine McNicholas 2nd October 1957 – 3rd January 2022
 

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