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The town's name in literal translation is "Hill of roses". The rose is the national flower of England, a usage dating back to the English civil wars of the fifteenth century (later called Wars of the Roses), in which a red rose represented the House of Lancaster, and a white rose represented the House of York. [19]
Illumination of a unicorn (a symbol of the incarnation of Christ, of innocence and purity) falling asleep on the lap of a virgin. The border shows plants which symbolise the virtues of the Virgin Mary, such woodland strawberries, roses and violets; Mary's robe is blue, a traditional colour attribution.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive.
Ah, the pick-me-up magic of yellow blooms. “Yellow roses have evolved from symbolizing jealousy to now representing friendship, joy and good health,” Noyes says.
The identification of these flowers as Castilian roses or Damask roses, is a later addition.) When Juan opens his mantle, the flowers spill out, revealing an image of the Virgin miraculously that appeared on Diego's cloak. The bishop is convinced and the church built as Mary requested. [22]
Roses feature prominently in the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote a devotional poem called "Rosa Mystica" (c.1874-5), which includes the lines "Mary the Virgin, well the heart knows, / She is the mystery, she is that rose". [5] George Egerton's novel Rosa Amorosa (1901) repeats the litany "Rosa mystica!
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