NEMO PROPHETA ACCEPTUS EST IN PATRIA Ait autem : Amen dico vobis, quia nemo propheta acceptus est in patria sua. And he said: Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country. Luke 4.24 GRATUS AIT PATRIA NEMO PROPHETA SUA:. IGNOTE CRESCUNT ET NOTI QUIQUE UILESCUNT
SEPE EXPUGNAUERUNT ME A IUUENTUTE MEA Canticum graduum. Saepe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Israel; Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say. Psalm 128.1
LAUDET TE OS ALIENUM ET NON TUUM Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum; extraneus, et non labia tua. Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips. Proverbs 27.2
MANASSES YSAIAS HUNC REX CUM DOCUIT BONA SERRA LIGNEA SCIDIT Martyrdom of Isaiah
IEREMIAS LAPIDIBUS STRAUIT PLEBS HUNC BONA CUM PERORAUIT Stoning of Jeremiah
PIROLUS UELIFICANS PIROLUS CAUDA TRANSIT UADA SOLUS
MEGARUS MEGARUS EXOSUS PROPRIIS ALIIS PRECIOSUS
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.
QUINYMO BEATI QUI AUDIUNT UERBUM DEI ET CUSTODIUNT ILLUD At ille dixit : Quinimmo beati, qui audiunt verbum Dei et custodiunt illud. But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it. Luke 11.28 BEATUS UENTER QUI TE PORTAUIT Factum est autem, cum haec diceret : extollens vocem quaedam mulier de turba dixit illi : Beatus venter qui te portavit, et ubera quae suxisti. And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck Luke 11.27 HIC UENTER GRATIS CHRISTUM PORTANDO BEATUS. UIRGINIS EST FACTUS IN QUO FIT HOMO DEO TACTUS
SAPIENCE .7º. OMNIUM BONORUM MATER EST et laetatus sum in omnibus, quoniam antecedebat me ista sapientia, et ignorabam quoniam horum omnium mater est. And I rejoiced in all these: for this wisdom went before me, and I knew not that she was the mother of them all. Wisdom of Solomon 7.12
ECCLESIASTICUS .3º. EGO MATER PULCRAE DILECTIONIS Ego mater pulchrae dilectionis, et timoris, et agnitionis, et sanctae spei. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. Ecclesiasticus 24.24
CANTICORUM .10. MELIORA SUNT UBERA TUA UINA SPONSA. Osculetur me osculo oris sui; quia meliora sunt ubera tua vino, Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine, Song of Solomon 1.1
IUDITH .1Y. BENEDICTA ERIS IN ETERNUM quia fecisti viriliter, et confortatum est cor tuum, eo quod castitatem amaveris, et post virum tuum, alterum nescieris : ideo et manus Domini confortavit te, et ideo eris benedicta in aeternum. For thou hast done manfully, and thy heart has been strengthened, because thou hast loved chastity, and after thy husband hast not known any other: therefore also the hand of the Lord hath strengthened thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever. Judith 15.11
MOISES UENITE POSSIDETE TERRAM LACTE ET MELLE MANANTEM Vobis autem loquor. Possidete terram eorum, quam dabo vobis in haereditatem, terram fluentem lacte et melle. Ego Dominus Deus vester, qui separavi vos a ceteris populis. But to you I say: Possess their land which I will give you for an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from other people. Leviticus 20.24 TERRA MANANS MELLE POSSIO TIS DEBET ESSE
SEDENS IN CELO HIS YASPIS SIMILITUDO
CIGNUS CIGNUS BLAUDITUR SUO CONPARI CUM REPERITUR
APES CONPORTAT MELLA PRUDENS APIS ATQUE TENELLA
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 