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"I met the creator of the crèche, Luigi Signore, "maestro presepaio di Napoli"; He has been setting up this nativity for almost two decades."
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Are you familiar with terms nativity and crèche? Do you know the history and tradition of il presepe? Test your knowledge of Italian nativity scenes with this quiz. All of the answers can be found here in the feature Il Presepe: The Tradition of Creches.
Il Presepe: The Tradition of Creches Study Guide
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- Now primarily used to denote the __________ scene, "crèche" originally had the same limited meaning as "manger."
- True/False: Manger in strict usage actually refers to the trough or open box used for livestock feed in which the Infant Jesus rests.
- Both crèche and manger entered English from what language?
- Mandeoire—the present form of the French word for manger—derives from the Latin verb, __________, to chew.
- English is a language of __________ or Germanic tribes.
- Italian includes the words __________ and __________, relatives of manger and crèche/crib respectively.
- Italians use the word __________ to denote the Nativity model.
- True/False: The tradition of sculpting nativity scenes for churches goes back to the 12th-century.
- Although not the first to create a crèche, who helped popularize the tradition?
- In mid-December 1223, in a natural cave in the town of __________, St. Francis of Assisi prepared a straw-filled manger complete with animals.
- In Italy the style and materials used in creating the manger was characterized by ____________________ and ____________________.
- The __________ presepe featured materials such as coral, ivory, bone, mother-of-pearl, alabaster, and other sea materials.
- The __________ presepe reproduced the typical landscape of the __________ country, including pine and olive trees and the ancient aqueducts.
- In Napoli ____________________, that is, the representation of the Holy Family, became a true art.
- In ____________________ Naples the presepe became an elaborate, dramatic scene, full of minor characters with its own conventions that have little to do with the Biblical story.
- Where were the intricate scenes with figures in wood or terracotta made by leading sculptors destined?
- True/False: In the center of Naples, the narrow street Via San Gregorio Armeno is crowded with hundreds of artisan workshops with colorful window displays and stalls overflowing with Nativity scenes.
- At the Museo Nazionale di San Martino in Naples is ____________________, a monumental collection from the 1700's that includes shepherds, angels, and animals.
- In Italy there are ____________________, in which actors and animals recreate the Nativity scene.
- In Vatican City there is an enormous nativity scene in ____________________ erected for the Christmas season.
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