Duccio di Buoninsegna, from the Maestà, 1308-1311.
The day is almost over, but I thought I'd throw this up. Here's the passage from Luke 1, in the beautiful Latin of the Vulgate:
in mense autem sexto missus est angelus Gabrihel a Deo in civitatem Galilaeae cui nomen Nazareth ad virginem desponsatam viro cui nomen erat Ioseph de domo David et nomen virginis Maria
et ingressus angelus ad eam dixit have gratia plena Dominus tecum benedicta tu in mulieribus
quae cum vidisset turbata est in sermone eius et cogitabat qualis esset ista salutatioet ait angelus ei ne timeas Maria invenisti enim gratiam apud Deum ecce concipies in utero et paries filium et vocabis nomen eius Iesum hic erit magnus et Filius Altissimi vocabitur et dabit illi Dominus Deus sedem David patris eius et regnabit in domo Iacob in aeternum et regni eius non erit finis
dixit autem Maria ad angelum quomodo fiet istud quoniam virum non cognosco
et respondens angelus dixit ei Spiritus Sanctus superveniet in te et virtus Altissimi obumbrabit tibi ideoque et quod nascetur sanctum vocabitur Filius Dei et ecce Elisabeth cognata tua et ipsa concepit filium in senecta sua et hic mensis est sextus illi quae vocatur sterilis quia non erit inpossibile apud Deum omne verbum
dixit autem Maria ecce ancilla Domini fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum
3 comments:
Nice angel. Now I'll have to find a different one to post :-)
Very pretty (the Latin as well as the painting!)! Was it a Holy Day of Obligation in the States? I haven't heard a thing about it up here.
Crystal, I like the one you put up as well.
Talmida, it's not a Holy Day of Obligation, but it is a feast. Actually, the feast is March 25, but since it fell on a Sunday, they moved it to the 26th.
I think in one of your posts you listed the Holy Days of Obligation up there, and it does seem we have more than you do.
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