Mountains of Ararat of Ararat. Sir Walter Raleigh devotes several chapters of his "Historie of the World" (1614) to an argument that in ancient times the mountains of Ararat were understood to include not only those of Armenia, but also all of the taller mountain ranges extending into Asia. He maintains that since Armenia is not actually located east of Shinar, the ark must have landed somewhere in the Orient. Mountains of Ararat In the Book of Genesis, the mountains of Ararat (Biblical Hebrew , Tiberian "", Septuagint: ) is the term used to designate the region in which Noah's Ark comes to
Rest on the Flight to Egypt with Saint Francis its fruit and water appeared from its roots. Mary is portrayed in the middle, with the child on her knees. Joseph, on the left, is giving fruits to Jesus. On the right is Saint Francis of Assisi, present in the scene as a homage to the donor (who was eponymous of the saint), or the church. Rest on the Flight to Egypt with Saint Francis The Rest on the Flight to Egypt with Saint Francis is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Correggio, dated to c. 1520 and now in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The Rest on the