person
Joachim
In tradition the father of the Virgin Mary, pictured as an old, bearded patriarch; in Das Stunden-Buch 57 the aged peasant 'bearded like Joachim' in whom the pilgrim feels God wordlessly revealed.
Reading notes
- The Life of the Virgin Mary §1 Joachim
In tradition the aged father of the Virgin Mary; the lonely farmstead the angels point to is his.
- The Book of Hours §57 Joachim
In tradition the father of the Virgin Mary, an old bearded patriarch; the aged peasant 'bearded like Joachim' is where the pilgrim feels God most wordlessly revealed.