Junior Docents


Interesting new information on Coffer with Print of Annunciation!

From your classmate Bill Wilson:

For my check out tour, I did some research on 2016.14 / Gallery 342 / Coffer with print of the Annunciation, and discovered that the inscription (page glued into the lid) is verses 4 and 5 of Ave Maris Stella – a popular hymn to the Virgin in the Middle Ages.
 
By the way, the last two words are not complete.  The “et” (and) shows up as an “and sign” (like a plus sing) and the “castos” is just a letter C.  Perhaps there was not enough room for the full word “castos”, or it was cut off from the original page, or it appeared on the next page — I have seen old manuscripts where words are split from page to page without modern-day-looking hyphens.
– Bill

AVE maris stella,
Dei Mater alma,
atque semper Virgo,
felix caeli porta.

HAIL, O Star of the ocean,
God’s own Mother blest,
ever sinless Virgin,
gate of heav’nly rest.

Sumens illud Ave
Gabrielis ore,
funda nos in pace,
mutans Hevae nomen.

Taking that sweet Ave,
which from Gabriel came,
peace confirm within us,
changing Eve’s name.

Solve vincula reis,
profer lumen caecis
mala nostra pelle,
bona cuncta posce.

Break the sinners’ fetters,
make our blindness day,
Chase all evils from us,
for all blessings pray.

Monstra te esse matrem:
sumat per te preces,
qui pro nobis natus,
tulit esse tuus.

Show thyself a Mother,
may the Word divine
born for us thine Infant
hear our prayers through thine.

Virgo singularis,
inter omnes mites,
nos culpis solutos,
mites fac et castos.

Virgin all excelling,
mildest of the mild,
free from guilt preserve us
meek and undefiled.

Vitam praesta puram,
iter para tutum:
ut videntes Iesum
semper collaetemur.

Keep our life all spotless,
make our way secure
till we find in Jesus,
joy for evermore.

Sit laus Deo Patri,
summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto,
tribus honor unus. Amen.

Praise to God the Father,
honor to the Son,
in the Holy Spirit,
be the glory one. Amen.


A new insight on the Ship of Virtues…

From your classmate, Mary Ann Wark, a call to check out this article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernard-starr/five-stages-of-anti-semit_b_6707728.html

After Mary Ann’s checkout tour, a conversation with one of her guests on the “Vices” pictured in the Ship of Virtues tapestry resulted in some further discussion and research. The one pictured on the lower right may be an example of anti-Semitic medieval iconography to represent a Jew (pointed head, scraggly beard, and beast shape, with tail). Mary Ann is exploring further research on the topic and will keep all updated.


MN Original

Here’s a link to the website for the local TPT show, MN Original:

http://www.mnoriginal.org/

Local artists, such as Maggie Thompson, are profiled, with interviews that give great insight into their work.

 


Information on The Hmong Migration

Attached is a PDF with information on the artwork “The Hmong Migration” in Mia’s collection (The Hmong Migration by Cy Thao, 1993-2001, oil on canvas, 2010.55.1, G374). Suzanne Leroy received permission to share this from Joy Yoshikawa, who is the author of the PDF.

Cy Thao Hmong Migration