ID: 901002612 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002612	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Our Lady of the Snows (Christian theme)

Note: Theme referencing a miraculous event, when the Virgin Mary caused it to snow in Rome in August.

Names:

	Our Lady of the Snows (Christian theme) (preferred,English-P,D)
	Madonna della neve (tema della Vergine Maria) (Italian)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............<Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary> (I)
		................Our Lady of the Snows (Christian theme) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Mary, Blessed Virgin
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Mary, Blessed Virgin (Christian character)) [901000032]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... snow (precipitation)
	.....(precipitation, weather and related phenomena, earth sciences concepts, physical sciences concepts, scientific concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Our Lady of the Snows (Christian theme)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Madonna della neve (tema della Vergine Maria)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979)