Sacred Art
work in which two midwives are depicted washing the infant Jesus
What is
The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel?
To whom Jesus says, "Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her" (Lk 10:42)
Who is Martha?
At the listening (Y) stations, what the operators would hear
What is Morse code and voices?
Like any military operation, aspect of Bletchley Park that was often overlooked but vital to its success
What is the logistics of providing food and shelter for everyone ?
painter of the Sienese school who painted The Annunciation and Expulsion from Paradise
Who is Giovanni di Paolo?
depicted in the predella panels of Adoration of the Magi
What are moments of Jesus's childhood?
in science one who deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena especially weather and weather forecasting
What is a meteorologist?
Why torpedoes fired by German submarines were tracked by the indexers
What is to keep track of how many torpedoes each submarine had left ?
impressive altarpiece The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel was once a part of
What is the Maesta?
Who Bassano painted at the center of his composition in The Miraculous Draught of Fish
Early in the war, when a boffin believed he had worked out part of an intercept, how he would test his hypothesis
What is using an enigma machine?
the "lobster" revelation of Dilly Knox
What is longer streams of text often followed the turn of all rotors?
day the Annunciation is celebrated in the Church's liturgical calendar
What is March 25?
painting by Bassano that is a visual reminder that Jesus's call echoes in the ordinary moments of life, in the places of our daily work, just as He called His disciples as they went about their daily labor
What is The Miraculous Draught of Fish?
Why chess player Stuart Milner-Barry was recruited to work at Bletchley Park
What is he could think ahead and develop strategies?
the principal purpose of sending streams of dummy radio messages?
What is to make important communications less distinguishable from ordinary radio traffic?
Matthias Grunewald's best-known masterpiece
What is the Isenheim Altarpiece?
In Raphael’s Disputation of the Holy Sacrament, the central focus of the painting
What is the mystery of the Eucharist and Christ’s Real Presence?
In codebreaking, a "crib"
What is a guessed word or phrase that may match part of an encrypted message?
The Italian Navy planned to attack British troop convoys traveling along this route
What is From Egypt to Greece?