Noli me Tangere, Touch me not, fresco in dormitory cell 1, Fra Beato Angelico, circa 1440, Convent of San Marco, Florence,

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Noli me Tangere, Touch me not, fresco in dormitory cell 1, Fra Beato Angelico, circa 1440, Convent of San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe Noli me tangere, (meaning "don't touch me"), is the fresco on the wall of Cell 1 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence. The brilliance of the early morning is real enough, but the irradiating light, the floating rather than walking figure of Christ, the wealth of natural detail in the garden, are for devotional reasons and intended to stimulate the meditatin of the monk who lived in the cell. "In this fresco, Christ appears to Mary Magdalene. She has been weeping after discovering that his tomb is empty. A figure appears. At first she mistakes him for a gardener as he is carrying a hoe. Suddenly realizing who it is, she goes to embrace him. But he moves away, telling her not to touch him - literally Noli Me Tangere."[2] This is the fresco on the wall of Cell 1 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence.

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Size: 2416px × 3624px
Location: Convent of San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Photo credit: © David Collingwood / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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