Caspar (magus) Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Gift to Child Jesus== [[Image:Dieric Bouts 004.jpg|thumb|Caspar is behind the kneeling Melchior in ''The Magi visiting child Jesus'', by [[Dieric Bouts]]]] Matthew wrote that the Magi brought three gifts β [[gold]], [[frankincense]] and [[myrrh]]. These gifts apparently have deeper significance, the gold signifying the regal status of Jesus, the frankincense his divinity, and the myrrh his human nature. Caspar is traditionally portrayed with a reddish beard in the middle of the three kings, as younger than Melchior and older than Balthasar, and who waits in line behind Melchior to give the gift of frankincense to the [[Child Jesus]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=erEYlKTP_ZEC&dq=Saint+Caspar&pg=PA383 Giffords, Gloria Fraser, ''Sanctuaries of Earth, Stone, and Light: The Churches of Northern New Spain, 1530-1821'', University of Arizona Press, 2007] {{ISBN|9780816525898}}</ref> He is often portrayed in the act of accepting his gift from an assistant, or in the act of removing his crown, signs of preparing to be next at the feet of [[Child Jesus]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page