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Fresco, Gumusler monastery, Cappadocia, Turkey

Nativity, detail, with reclining Virgin Mary, swaddled Christ in a manger with ox and ass, Joseph, magi presenting gifts, angels, shepherds and 2 midwives Mea and Salome and the first bath of Jesus, fresco, in the north aisle of the church at Gumusler monastery, or Eski Gumusler, a rock-cut cave monastery built 10th century, Byzantine, in Gumusler, Nigde, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The monastery is based around a central courtyard, with the church on the north side. The church is filled with frescoes by 3 painters. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Nativity, detail, with reclining Virgin Mary, swaddled Christ in a manger with ox and ass, Joseph, magi presenting gifts, angels, shepherds and 2 midwives Mea and Salome and the first bath of Jesus, fresco, in the north aisle of the church at Gumusler monastery, or Eski Gumusler, a rock-cut cave monastery built 10th century, Byzantine, in Gumusler, Nigde, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey. The monastery is based around a central courtyard, with the church on the north side. The church is filled with frescoes by 3 painters. Picture by Manuel Cohen