His views on the older, originally Byzantine, depiction of the Nativity of Jesus in art are typical: The Virgin is shown pale with pains, the midwives prepare a small (narcotic) drought for the childbirth.
Seine Ansichten über die älteren, im Original byzantinischen traditionellen Darstellungen der Geburt Jesu waren typisch: The Virgin is shown pale with pains, the midwives prepare a small (narcotic) drought for the childbirth.