Tuesday, December 21, 2021

The Lowly Most High

Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1490
The Most High is coming in lowliness | to save what had been amounting to nothing.

"excelsus venit humilis | salvare quod perierat."

     Verbum salutis omnium (11th cent.?), Hymn at Vespers, 17-24 December, Liturgia horarum, stanza 5.

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