He recognized Charles' affection for his bride; but when the artistic King thought to please her by giving her a beautiful picture of the nativity, all that the priest found to say on seeing it was that it was older than the religion of its donor.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
Above it was a mantelpiece, adorned by a fine engraving of the nativity in a plain, wooden frame, and flanked by two brass candlesticks.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
One of the most interesting existing early Christian churches, that remains very much what it was when first completed, is that of the nativity at Bethlehem, built in A.D. 327 by the Empress Helena when on her quest for the True Cross, with the Convent to which it originally belonged, that was destroyed by the Turks in 1236 and later restored by the Crusaders.
"Architecture"
Nancy R E Meugens Bell