Crèches Multilingual Bibliography
As of 2024, All About Mary is no longer being updated with new content. Information and links may be outdated, and reflect the expertise, interpretations and opinions of their authors, not necessarily of the Marian Library, International Marian Research Institute or the University of Dayton. Visit the homepage for more information.
Crèches Multilingual Bibliography
THE CRÈCHE - A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY – ENGLISH +
Araki, Chiyo
Origami for Christmas
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1986
(Nativity scene is one of 34 origami creations)
Arbeteta Mira. Letizia
Oro, incenso y mirra: los belenes en españa
Madrid: Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, 2000
(Spanish language – many photos)
Arte tradicional del Nacimiento, El
Artes de Mexico, Revista libro numero 81, Ano 2006
Mexico D.F.: Artes de Mexico, noviembre de 2006
(“The Traditional Art of the Nativity Scene” –
A complete English version, pages 81-96)
Awalt, Barbe and Rhetts, Paul
Our Saints Among Us/ Nuestros Santos entre Nosotros –
400 Years of New Mexican Devotional Art
With an essay by Thomas J. Steele, SJ, and Charles M. Carrillo
Albuquerque: LPD Press, 1998
(catalog of a traveling exhibit of southwestern santos)
Babcock, Barbara A. and Monthan, Guy and Doris
The Pueblo Storyteller. Development of a Figurative Ceramic
Tradition
Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1986
(mentions Nativity makers, but no photos)
Bainton, Roland H.
Behold the Christ. A portrayal of Christ in words and pictures
Author assisted by Sumathi Devasahayam
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, A Collins Associates Book, 1974
(collection of images of Jesus Christ as depicted by artists
from the first to the twentieth Centuries – Nativity-related:
pp. 34-65)
Bang, Elizabeth
Christmas Doughcrafts
London: Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1995
(step-by-step instructions for carrying out over 130
original salt dough projects, including a 6-piece
Nativity scene of the Holy Family and 3 Kings)
Barbash, Shepard
Oaxacan Woodcarving. The Magic in the Trees
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993
(mention, photos of Nativities – many carvers produce)