A passage from the New Testament (Luke I, 26-38) that tells of the annunciation of the Virgin's motherhood by the Archangel Gabriel and the incarnation of Christ in Mary by the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove.

The burning bush, which appeared to Moses on Mount Tabor and burned without being consumed by the fire, symbolizes the virginity and purity of Mary. On the left, on a book stand, is the book the Virgin was reading with Gabriel appeared, along with the sewing basket, an allusion to the veil of the Temple that Mary was sewing at that time, according to the Armenian Gospel of Childhood. The angelical musicians appear like happy witness to the scene.

This work was the central panel of the main altarpiece at the Church of the College of Mar

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