Madonna (art) "Madonna" may alternatively be called "Virgin" or "Our Lady", but "Madonna" is not typically applied to eastern works; e.g. the "Theotokos of Vladimir" may in English be called "Our Lady of Vladimir", while it is less usual, but not unheard of, to refer to it as the "Madonna of Vladimir". There are several distinct types of representation of the Madonna. The earliest representation of the Madonna and Child may be the wall painting in the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, in which the seated Madonna suckles the Child, who turns his head to gaze at the spectator. The earliest consistent representations
Holly (name) Holly (name) Holly is an English-language surname and given name. Holly is a special name and known as an English or Irish surname (variant "Holley") it is either locational, ultimately derived from the Old English "hol lēah" "[dwelling by] the clearing by the hollow", or descriptive, from "hol-ēage" "hollow-eyed". In Ireland, it was also used as a translation of the name Mac Cuilinn, which is derived from "cuileann", the Gaelic name of the holly tree, and by extension sometimes of the similar-sounding McQuillan surname of Ulster. The masculine names "Holly, Hollie" were derived from the surname, but have mostly fallen