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The Star of Bethlehem and The Comet of AD66
The Star of Bethlehem and The Comet of AD66
comet of AD 66
R. M. Jenkins
Figure 5. Examples of the Star of Bethlehem depicted as a comet in art. Left to right: from a painting in a side chapel in the Mezquita, Cordoba;
from a 15th century illuminated manuscript by Martin of Aragon (Bibliothéque Nationale de France); a 19th century stained glass window in
the parish church at Dunster, Somerset; from a 20th century Christmas card.