In the Ozarks in older times, people believed on Christmas Eve that all animals could talk. It was also said that cows and oxen would kneel

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James Ward, born OTD in 1769, was an admired painter of animals. Around 1800 the Board of Agriculture commissioned him to paint a series documenting breeds of British livestock. "Two Extraordinary Oxen" (1814, National Museum Wales); Gloucestershire Old Spot (1800-1805, YCBA)9/14

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[Thu, April 25th, 7pm] We are on to the "Oxen of the Sun" chapter. If you are in Dublin, pop in to join our reading of Ulysses. While Mrs. Purefoy gives birth to her ninth child, the men discourse endlessly on matters obstetric. All heartily welcome! (Image credit: )

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Olly Otter Oxen Free (commission for )

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Hermês is an god charged w/ care of herds, travelers, roads, athletes. A powerful god, he is called to assist others such as Perseus & Odysseus w/ perilous tasks. From birth he was mischievous, hiding & killing oxen sacred to Apollo.

Bartholomaeus Spranger (d. 1611)

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Painting at Bedtime.
The Blessing of the Oxen.
Paul Gauguin.

Gauguin painted this in the South Seas, based on a number of different inspirations - a religious story, his native Brittany, a photo of a frieze he saw in Java and an Egyptian tomb painting of Oxen.

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ソロモンの箴言から。

Proverbs 14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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And because we need to replenish the Citadel mead and oxen fund (the winter was brutal on our stores), why not buy our recent titles?

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Phillip Medhurst presents 246/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 Saul sacrifices the oxen 1 Samuel 11:7 Jewish Museum New York. By a follower of (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.

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A superstitious notion prevails in West that at twelve o'clock at night on the oxen in their stalls kneel in an attitude of devotion, in homage to our saviour's birth.

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十二大戦 AU
Oxen Slumber

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Shout out on TripAdvisor this am calling this a favorite painting at MAG. "Oxen on the Beach" by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1910.

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Looking ahead to January 2017 ☞ found hats, smitten oxen and the creators behind them: https://t.co/krxAQnJTTd

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Dahoud is a very shady man who does "business" on his trusty Linkship, the "Imprisoned Oxen."

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