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Haha at the picture, DJ; I wondered what you would chose for this one. But I don’t think Mary is buxom enough.
Sensible, how can you tell from the back? Is bosom size proportional to halo size?
Yes, surely I read somewhere that the two are proportional.
According to RC tradition, Mary conceived at age 14 and gave birth at 15. (I’ve always wondered why the RC Church is proud of that tradition.)
Not many 15 year old girls are “buxom” unless they’re overweight. I’ve never seen an artistic deciption of Mary as other than slender.
Good point, Jay.
“According to RC tradition, Mary conceived at age 14 and gave birth at 15. (I’ve always wondered why the RC Church is proud of that tradition.)”
I’d not heard this. Would that be because life expectancy was shorter and people were expected to be adults earlier? But what about the age at which women reach menarche? Wasn’t it a lot later than we see now (because of hormones etc. in our food, as claimed, or not)?
The Catholic Encyclopedia (online) says that the usual age for betrothal at the time was 12.5 years, minimum.
Betrothal was a form of marriage, although the bride did not live with the husband some time later.
The tradition of 14 years for the Annunciation comes from apocryphal, not Biblical, sources.