MAGNIFICAT: THE COVER OF THE MONTH The Spreading of God’s Cloak by Pierre-Marie Dumont This exceptionally high-quality illuminated capital is the work of Sano di Pietro (c. 1405–1481), a famous …More
MAGNIFICAT: THE COVER OF THE MONTH
The Spreading of God’s Cloak by Pierre-Marie Dumont
This exceptionally high-quality illuminated capital is the work of Sano di Pietro (c. 1405–1481), a famous Sienese painter who did not consider it beneath him to illumine manuscripts occasionally.
As if through the porthole of an orbiting space station, the artist reveals to us the earth’s globe, as it was in the center of heaven on the fourth day of the world’s creation.
In the foreground, behold God clothed in majesty, robed in light. To form the heavens, he spreads his robe in the firmament, like a cosmic canopy (see Ps 104:1-9). He has already fashioned Ursa Major (the Great Bear), Orion, the Pleiades, the southern constellations, and myriads of their sisters (see Job 9:7-9). He has already fixed the number of the stars and given each one its name (see Ps 147:4). At the moment depicted, he has just created the sun to light and heat the earth:
Praised be you, my Lord, with all your creatures;
…More
The Spreading of God’s Cloak by Pierre-Marie Dumont
This exceptionally high-quality illuminated capital is the work of Sano di Pietro (c. 1405–1481), a famous Sienese painter who did not consider it beneath him to illumine manuscripts occasionally.
As if through the porthole of an orbiting space station, the artist reveals to us the earth’s globe, as it was in the center of heaven on the fourth day of the world’s creation.
In the foreground, behold God clothed in majesty, robed in light. To form the heavens, he spreads his robe in the firmament, like a cosmic canopy (see Ps 104:1-9). He has already fashioned Ursa Major (the Great Bear), Orion, the Pleiades, the southern constellations, and myriads of their sisters (see Job 9:7-9). He has already fixed the number of the stars and given each one its name (see Ps 147:4). At the moment depicted, he has just created the sun to light and heat the earth:
Praised be you, my Lord, with all your creatures;
…More
