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For some reason the article currently says that "relatively few" carols mention or describe the adoration of the shepherds. This is inaccurate. Off the top of my head, besides O Come All Ye Faithful already mentioned, I can think of Silent Night; What Child Is This?; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; I Wonder as I Wander; O Come, Little Children; among others. Softlavender ( talk) 08:51, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Update: I fixed this by adding the carols and copyediting the text. Softlavender ( talk) 04:36, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
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The Adoration of the Shepherds is a theme in depictions of the Nativity in which shepherds are near witnesses to the birth of Jesus; the scene is based on the biblical account in Luke 2 and has inspired many artists over the years. The nativity scene typically shows shepherds and animals in the stable at Bethlehem, surrounding Mary and the Christ Child. In this 1662 oil painting of the Adoration by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gerard van Honthorst, Jesus is the centre of attention; the infant seems to glow, illuminating the surrounding figures. The work is in the collection of the Pomeranian State Museum in Germany. Painting credit: Gerard van Honthorst
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What is the blue strange object in the sky top left? There has been speculation about ufos in many paintings like this and I haven’t come across anyone who can say what this shape in the sky is. 98.11.157.122 ( talk) 14:44, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
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The Adoration of the Shepherds is an episode in the story of the Nativity of Jesus in which shepherds are near witnesses to Jesus's birth in Bethlehem. It is based on the account in the Gospel of Luke and follows the Annunciation to the Shepherds, in which the shepherds are summoned by an angel to the scene of the birth. Like the episode preceding it, the Adoration of the Shepherds is a common subject in art, where it is often combined with the Adoration of the Magi. Depictions of the shepherds' adoration of the Christ Child as a subject distinct from that of the biblical Magi began to appear around the 15th century in artworks and altarpieces in the western Christian world. The shepherds are sometimes shown presenting simpler gifts than those of the Magi, such as lambs. This Adoration of the Shepherds is an oil-on-canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, a Spanish Baroque artist. Painted around 1650, the work is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Painting credit: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
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We have articles at Annunciation to the shepherds and Adoration of the Shepherds, with the latter capitalising "shepherds". The respective lead sentences are:
I don't really care which case we use, but can we please be consistent across the various articles? From where I stand, the Annunciation to the shepherds article appears to have it right. But as I say, the most important thing is that it's consistent. This is scheduled to run as picture of the day (POTD) on 25 December. If there isn't disagreement, I'll move the second article and adjust the lead before it goes live. Ping to Amakuru who has written the POTD blurb. Schwede 66 01:17, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky ( talk) 01:55, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Adoration of the Shepherds →
Adoration of the shepherds – per
MOS:CAPS. This article was originally lower case "shepherds", but was moved to upper case without discussion in 2014. While upper case is almost invariably used in the titles of paintings, this article is primarily about the biblical episode, and in biblical studies lower case is generally used for this episode.
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@ Amakuru: Above some place, you had linked a couple of places where you said use of the term in sentences was capitalized even when not referring to works of art. I think you got at least a couple of those wrong.
Maybe we should look harder for uses that are not about paintings and plays, and see how they are done. I found these lowercase:
See if you agree that this may be worth another look. Dicklyon ( talk) 11:28, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
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![]() | On 17 December 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Adoration of the shepherds. The result of the discussion was not moved. |
For some reason the article currently says that "relatively few" carols mention or describe the adoration of the shepherds. This is inaccurate. Off the top of my head, besides O Come All Ye Faithful already mentioned, I can think of Silent Night; What Child Is This?; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; I Wonder as I Wander; O Come, Little Children; among others. Softlavender ( talk) 08:51, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
Update: I fixed this by adding the carols and copyediting the text. Softlavender ( talk) 04:36, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Shepherds Bow - Google Art Project.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on December 25, 2016. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2016-12-25. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich ( talk) 01:57, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Gerard van Honthorst - Adoration of the Shepherds (1622).jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 27, 2020. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2020-12-27. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 13:45, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
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The Adoration of the Shepherds is a theme in depictions of the Nativity in which shepherds are near witnesses to the birth of Jesus; the scene is based on the biblical account in Luke 2 and has inspired many artists over the years. The nativity scene typically shows shepherds and animals in the stable at Bethlehem, surrounding Mary and the Christ Child. In this 1662 oil painting of the Adoration by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gerard van Honthorst, Jesus is the centre of attention; the infant seems to glow, illuminating the surrounding figures. The work is in the collection of the Pomeranian State Museum in Germany. Painting credit: Gerard van Honthorst
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What is the blue strange object in the sky top left? There has been speculation about ufos in many paintings like this and I haven’t come across anyone who can say what this shape in the sky is. 98.11.157.122 ( talk) 14:44, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Adoration of the Shepherds, Murillo (Prado Museum).jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for December 25, 2023. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2023-12-25. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! — Amakuru ( talk) 12:11, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
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The Adoration of the Shepherds is an episode in the story of the Nativity of Jesus in which shepherds are near witnesses to Jesus's birth in Bethlehem. It is based on the account in the Gospel of Luke and follows the Annunciation to the Shepherds, in which the shepherds are summoned by an angel to the scene of the birth. Like the episode preceding it, the Adoration of the Shepherds is a common subject in art, where it is often combined with the Adoration of the Magi. Depictions of the shepherds' adoration of the Christ Child as a subject distinct from that of the biblical Magi began to appear around the 15th century in artworks and altarpieces in the western Christian world. The shepherds are sometimes shown presenting simpler gifts than those of the Magi, such as lambs. This Adoration of the Shepherds is an oil-on-canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, a Spanish Baroque artist. Painted around 1650, the work is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Painting credit: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
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We have articles at Annunciation to the shepherds and Adoration of the Shepherds, with the latter capitalising "shepherds". The respective lead sentences are:
I don't really care which case we use, but can we please be consistent across the various articles? From where I stand, the Annunciation to the shepherds article appears to have it right. But as I say, the most important thing is that it's consistent. This is scheduled to run as picture of the day (POTD) on 25 December. If there isn't disagreement, I'll move the second article and adjust the lead before it goes live. Ping to Amakuru who has written the POTD blurb. Schwede 66 01:17, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: not moved. ( closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky ( talk) 01:55, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
Adoration of the Shepherds →
Adoration of the shepherds – per
MOS:CAPS. This article was originally lower case "shepherds", but was moved to upper case without discussion in 2014. While upper case is almost invariably used in the titles of paintings, this article is primarily about the biblical episode, and in biblical studies lower case is generally used for this episode.
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[3]
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[5]
[6]
St
Anselm (
talk)
00:15, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
@ Amakuru: Above some place, you had linked a couple of places where you said use of the term in sentences was capitalized even when not referring to works of art. I think you got at least a couple of those wrong.
Maybe we should look harder for uses that are not about paintings and plays, and see how they are done. I found these lowercase:
See if you agree that this may be worth another look. Dicklyon ( talk) 11:28, 13 February 2024 (UTC)