SABBATO POST REMINISCERE
quia hic filius meus mortuus erat, et revixit : perierat, et inventus est. Et coeperunt epulari.
Because this my son was dead, and is come to life again: was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Luke 15.24
PATER FAC ME SICUT UNUM DE MERCENARIIS
jam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus : fac me sicut unum de mercenariis tuis.
I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke 15.19
HIC FILIUS TUUS MALE UIXIT ET OCCIDISTI
PRODIGUS EXHILARAT IN DEDEUNDO PATREM:. UT REUERTAMUR AD CHRISTUM SICQUE UOCAMUR
BENIGNA EST MISERICORDIA TUA
Exaudi me, Domine, quoniam benigna est misericordia tua; secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum respice in me.
Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Psalm 68.17
TU ES CLEMENS ET MISERICORS
et oravit ad Dominum, et dixit : Obsecro, Domine, numquid non hoc est verbum meum cum adhuc essem in terra mea? propter hoc praeoccupavi ut fugerem in Tharsis : scio enim quia tu Deus clemens et misericors es, patiens et multae miserationis, et ignoscens super malitia.
And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil.
Jonah 4.2
PRESTABILIS SUPER MALICIA DOMINUS DEUS NOSTER
Et scindite corda vestra, et non vestimenta vestra; et convertimini ad Dominum Deum vestrum, quia benignus et misericors est, patiens et multae misericordiae, et praestabilis super malitia.
And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.
Joel 2.13
DEUS MISERATIONUM ET CLEMENS TU ES
In misericordiis autem tuis plurimis non fecisti eos in consumptionem, nec dereliquisti eos : quoniam Deus miserationum et clemens es tu.
Yet in thy very many mercies thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them: because thou art a merciful and gracious God.
Nehemiah 9.31
IACOB
ESAU
UT BENEDICATUR IACOB HIC A PATRE PRECATUR
Genesis 27
ABRAHAM
HEREDITAS DATUR YSAAC QUAE FRATRI NEGATUR.
Genesis 25
LAMIA SIC LACTAT CATULOS QUODQUE OMNIA MACTAT
REMANET INGRATUS SYMEA SEPIUS TIBI NATUS.
Transcriptions of inscriptions from the Index of Medieval Art; translations are my own, rough as they may be, if not from source in public domain.
Nihil sub sole novum 