ID: 901000232 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000232	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Annunciation to the Shepherds (New Testament narrative)

Note: Based on Luke 2, story has to do with angels had appeared to the group of shepherds announcing that Christ had been born in Bethlehem.

Names:

	Annunciation to the Shepherds (New Testament narrative) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Annuncio ai pastori (nuovo Testamento) (Italian-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<New Testament narratives> (P)
		............Life of Jesus Christ (New Testament narrative) (I)
		................Legend of the Nativity of Christ (New Testament narratives) (P)
		....................Annunciation to the Shepherds (New Testament narrative) (P)

Related Iconography:

	predecessor of .... Adoration of the Shepherds
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, New Testament narratives, Life of Jesus Christ (New Testament narrative), Legend of the Nativity of Christ (New Testament narratives), Adoration of the Shepherds (New Testament narrative)) [901000229]

	source is .... Bible, New Testament
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian), Bible, New Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts)) [901000254]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... announcement
	.....(declaratory documents, documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... shepherds
	.....(herdsmen, people in agriculture, people in agriculture or natural resource occupations, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Bethlehem
	.....(West Bank, Asia) (TGN)

	actor is .... angels (spirits)
	.....(spirits (beings), people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Annunciation to the Shepherds (New Testament narrative)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010)
	Annuncio ai pastori (nuovo Testamento)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 73B14 annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air
	................ Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/sites/default/files/album_images/29472-large.jpg
	................ Harvard Art Museums [online] (2000-) http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUAM:INV190365_dynmc?width=3000&height=3000
	................ Source for image http://www.glencairnmuseum.org/storage/nativity-website/Shepherds400.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1321628974357