And it comforted them to think that the Madonna had been a real woman like themselves, and that the Jesu bambino would stoop to bless them still, just as He leaned forward to bless the wise men in the picture.
"Knights of Art Stories of the Italian Painters"
Amy Steedman
The shrine of the miraculous bambino in the Church of Ara Coeli is also lighted by electricity, which spares no detail of the child's apparel and appearance.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
At Christmas time, or that answering to our festival, his image was brought out of the sanctuary with peculiar ceremonies, as the image of the infant bambino is still brought out and exhibited at Rome."
"Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries"
Annie Besant