Tuesday, 22 December 2009

O Rex gentium...


Today is the 22nd day in the month of December, so let us commence with the Antiphonae Maiores:

O Rex gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti.

O King of the nations, and their desired one, and the stone of the corner, you who make both sides one: come, and save Men, whom you formed from the mud.

The above fresco needs no introduction, but I couldn't find the Blake painting in Google Images - Michelangelo is much better of course, being the greatest of all artists...

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