most notably in the tale of Noah, when a dove bearing a twig from an olive tree signals the end of the 40-day flood. In Christian theology, the flood and the olive branch respectively represent ...

Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...

In the founding myth of Athens, the goddess of wisdom grants her eponymous city an olive tree ... t enough, the dove is playing the role of illumination, by bringing Noah information about the ...

Here, the daughters of Noah hold the dove and the olive sprig. Although the background is untypically dark, the details are painted with astonishing fidelity, taking to new levels the period's ...

Here, the daughters of Noah hold the dove and the olive sprig. Although the background is untypically dark, the details are painted with astonishing fidelity, taking to new levels the period's ...