MAGNIFICAT SEPTEMBER: THE COVER OF THE MONTH Our God is a God of salvation! (Ps 68:20) by Pierre-Marie Dumont Magnificat The cover of the month The Jesse tree is a symbolic figure that appeared in …More
MAGNIFICAT SEPTEMBER: THE COVER OF THE MONTH
Our God is a God of salvation! (Ps 68:20) by Pierre-Marie Dumont
Magnificat The cover of the month
The Jesse tree is a symbolic figure that appeared in the late 11th century in manuscripts illustrated with miniatures. It was then picked up in stained glass windows and even in sculpture. Contrary to appearances, this is not a genealogical tree of Jesus, even though artists were inspired to some extent by the genealogy that opens the Gospel according to Saint Matthew; eventually the Jesse tree lost its initial purpose and often served as a frontispiece for manuscripts of the first Gospel, and therefore of Gospel Books. Be that as it may, the Jesse tree essentially remains a message that shows the fulfillment of the Scriptures, according to the prophet Isaiah (Is 11:1-2a, 10; 12:2-4):
There shall come forth a shoot
from the stump of Jesse [the father of David],
And a branch shall grow out of his roots.
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon …More
Our God is a God of salvation! (Ps 68:20) by Pierre-Marie Dumont
Magnificat The cover of the month
The Jesse tree is a symbolic figure that appeared in the late 11th century in manuscripts illustrated with miniatures. It was then picked up in stained glass windows and even in sculpture. Contrary to appearances, this is not a genealogical tree of Jesus, even though artists were inspired to some extent by the genealogy that opens the Gospel according to Saint Matthew; eventually the Jesse tree lost its initial purpose and often served as a frontispiece for manuscripts of the first Gospel, and therefore of Gospel Books. Be that as it may, the Jesse tree essentially remains a message that shows the fulfillment of the Scriptures, according to the prophet Isaiah (Is 11:1-2a, 10; 12:2-4):
There shall come forth a shoot
from the stump of Jesse [the father of David],
And a branch shall grow out of his roots.
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon …More
