Did you know the legend of the Magi links them with the first Christian artists?
3 DECEMBER 2025: The Adoration of the Magi
By Geri Parlby
They’ve adorned our Seasons Greetings and taken pride of place in our cribs and school nativity scenes. Centuries of artists have been provided with a chance to add a dash of exotic colour into their scenes of the birth of Christ. Did you know the legend of the Magi links them with the first Christian artists?
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THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Dr Geri Parlby
Geri is a former Fleet Street journalist and film PR. She has a first-class honours degree in History and Theology, a Masters in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute and a Theology doctorate from Roehampton University in London. She has been lecturing for the past 14 years both in the UK and internationally. She is also principal lecturer on The Arts Society South West Area’s History of Art course and is an Honorary Research Fellow at Roehampton University.
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