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the Holy Trinity in that event. In addition to their beauty and fragrance, the fact that roses
and other flowers were thought to produce fruits and seeds asexually made them suitable
emblems for the Virgin Mary. Consistent with this idea, in some illustrations, Jesus is repre-
sented as a bud growing from Mary’s rosebush.(b)Figure 11.2 Continued