Bosom of Abraham

"Healey library reference staff often receive questions involving students' personal responses to, and the scholarly contexts of, works of art, poems, buildings, artifacts, etc.

This happened recently with an artifact in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. A student chose to study the "Bosom of Abraham Trinity", an alabaster sculpture carved by an unidentified English artist in the 15th century.

We have prepared a brief case study showing how the student ended up connecting this sculpture at the MFA with Christian theology, religious pluralism, Gothic art, medieval mothering - and a gospel tune recorded by Elvis Presley."