Ἄσκοπον ἀγγελίαρχον, ἀσώματον εἴδεϊ μορφῆς, ἆ μέγα τολμήεις κηρὸς ἀπεπλάσατο:ἔμπης οὐκ ἀχάριστον, ἐπεὶ βροτὸς εἰκόνα λεύσσων θυμὸν ἀπιθύνει κρέσσονι φαντασίῃ: οὐκέτι δ᾽ ἀλλοπρόσαλλον ἔχει σέβας, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν τύπον ἐγγράψας ὡς παρεόντα τρέμει: ὄμματα δ᾽ ὀτρύνουσι βαθὺν νόον οἶδε δὲ τέχνη χρώμασι πορθμεῦσαι τὴν φρενὸς ἱκεσίην. Αγαθίας Σχολαστικός,εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν ἐν Πλάτῃ |
The invisible Archangel, incorporeal in form With great daring wax formed, and not without grace; For a man beholding this image directs his mind to higher vision. No longer a confused veneration but in himself The image imprinting, he is in awe as if he were present. The eyes stir up the depths of the spirit, and art By colours conveys the prayers of the soul. Agathias Scholasticus, On An Image of the Archangel Michael |
State super vias et videte et interrogate de semitis antiquis quae sit via bona et ambulate in ea et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris
29 Sept 2018
An Image of Michael
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