Mary And The Cedar

De celsitudine Mariae. Ratione suae magnitudinis, vel altitudinis, seu celsitudinis, vel sublimitatis, aut eminentiae, comparatur Maria cedro, quae est arbor procera et eminentissima super omnes arbores. Unde et a quibusdam appellatur rex arborum, quae videlicet Maria in hoc quod facta est mater Dei, nec primam similem visa est, nec habere sequentem. Unde beatus Bernardus: Haec est virginis nostrae gloria singularis, etc, ut supra. Propter hoc dicit de se: Quasi cedrus exaltata sum in Libano. Sanctus Albertus Magnus, De Laudibus Beatae Mariae Virginis, Liber Quartus, De Virtutibus Mariae, Caput VIII Source: Here, p112

On the Exaltedness of Mary. By reason of her greatness, or her highness, or her exaltedness, or her sublimity, or her eminence, Mary is compared to the cedar, which is a tree most high and eminent over all other trees. Whence by some it is called the king of the trees, and certainly Mary, in that she was made the Mother of God, is seen not to have one like her in primacy, nor to have a successor. Whence the blessed Bernard says, 'This is the unique glory of our virgin.' 1 Because of this it is said concerning her: 'I am like a cedar raised high in Lebanon.' 2 Saint Albert The Great, On the Praises of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Book 4, On The Virtues of Mary, Chapter 8 1 Bernard In annuntiatione B. V. Mariae Sermo II De Septiforma Spiritu in Christo Migne PL 183.391a 2 Sirach 24.13