Medico-Historical Considerations Relating to the Iconographic Representations of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ in the Croatian Sacral Heritage
Slijedom bibliografskih izvora i terenskog istraživanja u ovom radu je izdvojeno i s povijesno-medicinskog motrišta komentirano nekoliko primjera ikonografskih prikaza rođenja Bl. Dj. Marije i Isusa Krista. Odabrana djela su dio hrvatske sakralne baštine nastala u razdoblju od XIII. do XVI. stoljeća. Prikaz završava zaključkom da kršćanstvo s pratećom ikonografijom, osim religijskih poruke, uz primjerenu percepciju, vjerniku može pružiti brojna praktična, u ovom slučaju biološka saznanja te dodatno djelovati i u zdravstvenoodgojnom smislu.On the basis of bibliographic sources and field research, this paper provides medico-historical comments on a few examples of iconographic representations of the births of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. The selected works are part of the Croatian sacral heritage produced in the period between 13th and 16th century. The conclusion of the overview is that Christianity and its iconography, besides religious
message and subject to an appropriate perception, can offer believers numerous practical information (in this case, biological) and have a health education purpose
