●  A Joyful & Peaceful New Year  ●

 

 

 

 

 Image courtesy of: HD Wallpapers

Tidings of Comfort & Joy

 

   

 

   

 

 Video courtesy of: Kaymaran ~ YouTube

 

 

 

● Happy Holidays ●

 

 

 

  

 

 

Veni, Veni Emmanuel

 

 

 

 

The Concert of Angels [detail] ~ 1534-1536

(Fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari)

Image courtesy of: Magnolia Box

 

 

 

Veni, veni Emmanuel,
Captivum solve Israel,
Qui gemit in exilio,
Privatus Dei Filio.

 

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,
Nascetur pro te, Israel!

 

 

 

The Concert of Angels [detail] ~ 1534-1536

(Fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari)

Image courtesy of: fine art america

 

 

Veni, veni, O Oriens,
Solare nos adveniens,
Noctis depelle nebulas,
Dirasque noctis tenebras.

 

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,
Nascetur pro te, Israel!

 

 

 

The Adoration of the Lamb or The Ghent Altarpiece ~ 1427-1429 (dedicated in May 1432)

[Detail of singing angels from one of the polyptych panels]

(Painting by Pictor Hubertus & Jan van Eyck)

Image courtesy of: 86art.net

 

 

Veni, Clavis Davidica!
Regna reclude caelica;
Fac iter tutum superum,
Et claude vias inferum.

 

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,
Nascetur pro te, Israel!

 

 

 

The Annunciation ~ 1480–1489

(Painting by Hans Memling)

Image courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

 

Veni, veni Adonai!
Qui populo in Sinai,
Legem dedisti vertice,
In maiestate gloriae.

 

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel,
Nascetur pro te, Israel!

 

 

 

Madonna of the Rose Bush ~ ca. 1440

(Painting by Stefan Lochner)

Image courtesy of: Web Gallery of Art

 

 

 

 

Video courtesy of: Musique sacrée ~ YouTube

 

 

 

 

Madonna & Child Enthroned With Two Angels ~ 1490-1491 | Virgin & Child Enthroned With Two Angels ~ 1485-1490

(Both paintings are by Hans Memling)

Above left image: Picturing Angels | Above right image: WikiPaintings