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Dear Marjorie,
Cf. Bernard of Clairvaux, _In Canticum sermones_, 47. 5, referring to Jesus (_PL_ 183, col. 1010):
_Ipse item thalami flos, speculum et exemplum totius beneficentiae_.
There's an English-language translation here:
http://www.pathsoflove.com/bernard/songofsongs/sermon47.html
Best,
John Dillon
On Thursday, June 16, 2011, at 12:22 am, Marjorie Greene wrote:
> Watch out, I've been watching "educational" shows on television -
> although it was on the PBS station.
> The show was a presentation by an Italian art historian, Antonio
> Forcellino, concerning his restoration work on Michelangelo's Moses.
> There are two statues flanking the patriarch, Faith and Good Works
> (the latter later and suddenly identified as "Prudence"). It was Good
> Works that caught Forcellino's attention. Instead of holding a mirror
> and garland of flowers, as M himself describes the statue in his
> autobiography, Good Works actually holds a torch and a laurel wreath.
> Again according to Forcellino, the mirror and flowers are the accurate
> and appropriate symbol of good works. By using the torch and wreath, M
> was secretly signaling his alliance with the Spirituali, whose
> concerns closely mirrored those of Luther.
> A few questions...
> Are the mirror and garland of flowers the proper attributes of Good
> Works? I searched on line and found nothing. I find these attributes a
> bit odd for such. Why a mirror?
> Is anyone familiar with this historian or his writings and, if so,
> what do you think?
> Thanks for any info on this topic a bit out of our time range.
> MG
>
> Marjorie Greene
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