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David Jones’ beautiful inscription panels

January 24, 2014 by Lin Kerr 7 Comments

I mean, why are these "beautiful" anyway? The lettering is far from perfect... The inscription reads: "QUIA PER INCARNATI VERBI MYSTERIVM (For by the mystery of the Word made flesh) NOVA MENTIS NOSTRAE OCVLIS LVX TVAE CLARITATIS INFULSIT (the light of thy brightness has shone anew into the eyes of our mind) MINERVA JOVIS CAPITE ORTA (Minerva has sprung from the head of Jove). As an explanation Jones wrote on the reverse of the work: "From the Preface of the Mass of the Nativity used from the … [Read more...]

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