Joannes schola virtutum, magisterium vitae, sanctitatis forma, norma justitiae, virginitatis speculum, pudicitiae titulus, castitatis exemplum, poenitentium via, peccatorum venia, fidei disciplina; Joannes major homine, par Angelis, legis summa Evangelii satio, Apostolorum vox, silentium Prophetarum, lucerna mundi, Praecursor Judicis, Christi metator, Domini testis, totius medius Trinitatis: hic tantus datur incestui, traditur adulterae, addicitur saltatrici.
(From the Premonstratensian Breviary, the antiphon at the Magnificat for First Vespers of the Beheading of St John the Baptist.)
(From the Premonstratensian Breviary, the antiphon at the Magnificat for First Vespers of the Beheading of St John the Baptist.)
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| Alabaster head of St John the Baptist, carved in England in the 15th century; from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. |