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Consequently, Lisner argues that other sources, namely the writings of Augustine, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas and the Golden Legend were of particular importance in that they contributed more pictorial ideas.28 Bonaventure describes how the kings with their entourage approach the stable in Bethlehem where Mary, anticipating the procession, anxiously holds her son. He goes vividly on to report how the Magi enter the meagre hut to kneel and worship the newborn. While Mary reacts with reverent timidity, Jesus does with affectionate benevolence. Having given their presents (which Mary would later give to the poor) and received consolation the Magi reverently kiss the feet of Christ and bow out.29 Although the surviving fragments do not incorporate the stable (although there are vertical lines in the upper area of the left and central pieces which perhaps indicate a structure) they are the exact rendering of Bonaventure���s words. Additionally, Augustine helps to explain the light radiating the left in all three fragments as from the star in the East.30 Even more importantly, his notion of primitiae gentium, which substantiates the unversality of the epiphany, should be mentioned in conjunction with the simplicity of clothing, as if he wants to express that everyone, whether king or peasant, should feel invited to worship Christ. This notion reverberated particularly in Florence where the Adoration of the Magi enjoyed great popularity due to the fact that its patron saint, St. John the Baptist, had baptised Christ in the Jordan on the day of Epiphany. HYLAND 13