Another useful bit to help you identify the Magi: frankincense and myrrh
are aromatic resins*, so they're going to be in containers. Two of the
Magi are always holding containers of some sort--either covered cups or
boxes.
Incidentally, the actual Biblical text (in Luke, IIRC) does not specify
the number of Magi, it just says "and there came wise men from the East".
People decided that there were three of them because there were three
gifts mentioned.
Regards,
Jen/pixel/Margaret
*if you spill myrrh into your electric stove and fail to clean it out
sufficiently, the aroma when the stove is on will last about six months.
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