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A sheaf of wheat, from Christmastide at The Cloisters, stands near the altar in Langon Chapel. The ancient identification of wheat with life and renewal was incorporated into Christian liturgy and the iconography of the Nativity. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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