{"id":5940,"date":"2020-12-25T00:45:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-25T00:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/?p=5940"},"modified":"2020-12-25T00:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T00:55:03","slug":"adventbotany-2020-day-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/2020\/12\/25\/adventbotany-2020-day-25\/","title":{"rendered":"#AdventBotany 2020 Day 25, The Star of Bethlehem from <b>GOD<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BotanyRNG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alastair Culham<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This was the first Christmas Day #AdventBotany blog, published 25th December 2014, and featured a specimen curated by one of the many botanical alumni of The University of Reading, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucjeps.berkeley.edu\/people\/doran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Andrew Doran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5940 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/2020\/12\/25\/adventbotany-2020-day-25\/4607_sky_chart_showing_jupiter_and_saturn_to_the_southwest_in_the_december_21_night_sky\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/4607_sky_chart_showing_jupiter_and_saturn_to_the_southwest_in_the_december_21_night_sky-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/4607_sky_chart_showing_jupiter_and_saturn_to_the_southwest_in_the_december_21_night_sky-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/4607_sky_chart_showing_jupiter_and_saturn_to_the_southwest_in_the_december_21_night_sky-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/4607_sky_chart_showing_jupiter_and_saturn_to_the_southwest_in_the_december_21_night_sky-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/4607_sky_chart_showing_jupiter_and_saturn_to_the_southwest_in_the_december_21_night_sky-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/4607_sky_chart_showing_jupiter_and_saturn_to_the_southwest_in_the_december_21_night_sky.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5941'>\n\t\t\t\tImage: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/2020\/12\/25\/adventbotany-2020-day-25\/great-conjunction-2020\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/great-conjunction-2020-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Bright white dot in night sky with Christmas lit house in foreground\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/great-conjunction-2020-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/great-conjunction-2020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/great-conjunction-2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/great-conjunction-2020-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/great-conjunction-2020.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5945'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn as seen over my neighbor&#8217;s house and the foothills west of Fort Collins. <small>(Photo: Felix Wong CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/small>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There is a current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/the-great-conjunction-of-jupiter-and-saturn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter<\/a>, an event that was last this close some 800 years ago. There is a possibility that the combination of these two planets is what was interpreted as the Star of Bethlehem seen by the Magi in the biblical story of the nativity.<\/p>\n<h3>The magi<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5942\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5942\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Edward_Burne-Jones_Star_of_BethlehemW.jpg\" alt=\"multicoloured oil painting of robed figures\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Edward_Burne-Jones_Star_of_BethlehemW.jpg 750w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Edward_Burne-Jones_Star_of_BethlehemW-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Edward_Burne-Jones_Star_of_BethlehemW-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oil painting by Edward Burne-Jones, Star of Bethlehem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Star of Bethlehem guided the Magi from the east to the stable in which Jesus lay.\u00a0 This classic part of the Christmas story has given rise to the star on the tops of Christmas trees but also to much astronomical <a title=\"BBC star of bethlehem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-20730828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a> on what the star actually was.\u00a0 For a longer discussion of the various theories try the <a title=\"whychristmas star of bethlehem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whychristmas.com\/customs\/star-of-bethlehem.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whychristmas<\/a> web pages.\u00a0 Ideas for the nature of the star vary from a comet, through the conjunction of planet Earth with Jupiter and Saturn to a Super Nova.<span id=\"more-1975\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The plant<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5943\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5943 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Ornithogalum_umbellatum_close-up2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"White flowers against green leaves\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Ornithogalum_umbellatum_close-up2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Ornithogalum_umbellatum_close-up2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Ornithogalum_umbellatum_close-up2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Ornithogalum_umbellatum_close-up2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/Ornithogalum_umbellatum_close-up2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Star of Bethlehem (<i>Ornithogalum umbellatum<\/i>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However the story today is not about <em>that<\/em> Star of Bethlehem or even <em>that<\/em> God.\u00a0 It starts with an email from me, the Curator of <a title=\"RNG herbarium\" href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RNG<\/a>, the University of Reading Herbarium to one of our MSc Plant Diversity graduates, Andrew Doran, now Assistant Director for Collections, University &amp; Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.. Andrew is an alumnus of the University of Reading, but he is also an alumnus of <a title=\"Charterhouse School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charterhouse.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charterhouse School<\/a> in Godalming, Surrey.\u00a0 Charterhouse School has a herbarium which Andrew has in safe keeping and is gradually digitising.\u00a0 The collection is of real historical and botanical interest but perhaps is most notable for its acronym.\u00a0 Every recognized herbarium has an acronym and they are listed in <a title=\"Index Herbariorum\" href=\"http:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/ih\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index Herbariorum<\/a>, maintained at New York Botanical Garden.\u00a0 Ours is <strong>RNG<\/strong>, while just down the road Kew has <strong>K<\/strong> and the Natural History Museum has <strong>BM<\/strong>.\u00a0 The special thing about Charterhouse is a byproduct of it\u2019s home town, Godalming; Charterhouse Herbarium has the acronym <strong>GOD.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>GOD is in California<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5944\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5944 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/God1000specimen-670x1024.jpg\" alt=\"herbarium specimen of narrow leaves, a few small flowers and a colour chart and label.\" width=\"640\" height=\"978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/God1000specimen-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/God1000specimen-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/God1000specimen-768x1173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/herbarium\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/12\/God1000specimen.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Star of Bethlehem in GOD at UC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the specimens of GOD is one of <em>Ornithogalum umbellatum<\/em>, it is specimen GOD1000 and you can see it in the illustration here, or in more detail via the <a title=\"GOD1000 eloan\" href=\"https:\/\/ucjeps.cspace.berkeley.edu\/ucjeps_project\/public\/eloan\/?kw=UCE255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">e-loan<\/a> link. So here, really is, the Star of Bethlehem from GOD. A diminutive white flowered bulbous plant widely grown in gardens and native to southern and central Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alastair Culham This was the first Christmas Day #AdventBotany blog, published 25th December 2014, and featured a specimen curated by one of the many botanical alumni of The University&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#104;&#101;&#114;&#98;&#97;&#114;&#105;&#117;&#109;&#47;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#48;&#47;&#49;&#50;&#47;&#50;&#53;&#47;&#97;&#100;&#118;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#98;&#111;&#116;&#97;&#110;&#121;&#45;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#48;&#45;&#100;&#97;&#121;&#45;&#50;&#53;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[52,28,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advent","category-advent-botany","category-science-communication"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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