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Concordantia caritatis – Monday after the First Sunday in Lent

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.

Recueil dominicain du couvent Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne de Douai, Folio 24r

Invictae fortitudini. S. Petri martyris, et totius dominicani coetus, qui multas centurias martyrum, ecclesiae dedit, militanti, triumphanti. Sacrum

Recueil dominicain du couvent Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne de Douai, Folio 23r

Despectus terrenorum. Christus utique (qui non fallitur) elegit quod carni molestius est. Id ergo melius, id utilius, id potius eligendum. S. Bern. Serm. I3. de nativit. The Scorn of Earthly Things Christ, Who could not be deceived, chose what was painful and troublesome ; therefore it is the best, the most profitable choice, that which is to beContinue reading “Recueil dominicain du couvent Sainte-Catherine-de-Sienne de Douai, Folio 23r”