#mary of egypt

[cuties-in-codices]

st. zosimas' encounter with st. mary of egypt

illustration from a manuscript of der heiligen leben ('the lives of saints'), bavaria, late 15th c.

source: Leipzig, UB, Ms 1552, fol. 250r

[apenitentialprayer]

1. detail of The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, by Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s. (x) 2. detail of The Last Communion of Saint Joseph of Calasanz, by Francisco Goya, 1819. (x) 3. detail of an icon depicting the last Communion of Saint Mary of Egypt.

Suffering and diminishment are not the greatest of evils but are normal ingredients in life, especially in old age. They are to be expected as elements of a full human existence. […] If the Lord calls me now to a period of weakness, I know well that His power can be made perfect in infirmity.

- Cardinal Avery Dulles, in his Farewell Address, given April 1st of 2008.

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Domenico Morelli - The body of Mary of Egypt Found by Angels.

[illustratus]

Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Hermann von Kaulbach

[nobeerreviews]

This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough.

-- Mary Hunter Austin

(Sinai, Egypt)

[everythingroyalty]

Queen Mary of Denmark at the state banquet at Christiansborg Palace in honour of the Egyptian state visit to Denmark on 6 December 2024

For the first time ever wearing the Rose Diamond Bandeau—a new piece in the Danish Crown Jewels—converted from rose-cut diamonds in a belt to be worn around the waist last worn by Queen Lovisa (1851-1926). Queen Mary herself collaborated with the Danish Royal Collection—custodians of the Danish Crown Jewels—to make the diamonds convertible for new use.

The diamonds were originally owned by Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark (1706-1782) who left them for the crown upon her death. They were modified by Queen Caroline Amalie (1796-1881) to fit into the girdle in 1840.

[gabriellademonaco]

Queen Mary of Denmark debuting the newly assembled Rosestone Diamond Bandeau at the gala dinner for Egyptian state visit

[lilaccatholic]

I am once again thinking about the reluctant ruler whose arc justly and correctly includes assuming the throne and taking responsibility for the people set before them

[classic-art-favourites]

Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Joachim Patinir, 1518-1520.

[beautiful-belgium]

Detail of the Flight into Egypt from the Black Hours, c. 1480, Bruges, Belgium

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1912

MS M.493, fols. 66v–67r

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[cuties-in-codices]

mary of egypt

in a copy of the "alsatian legenda aurea", alsace, c. 1440

source: Berlin, SBB, Ms. germ. fol. 495, fol. 162r

[thyateira]

La Virgen de la Leche, Victoria Inglés (2019).

The Son of God had to be born in a stable because his own had no room for him. “He came to what was his own and his own people did not accept him” (Jn 1:11). And there, amid the gloom of a city that had no room or place for the stranger from afar, amid the darkness of a bustling city which in this case seemed to want to build itself up by turning its back on others… it was precisely there that the revolutionary spark of God’s love was kindled.

In this Child, God invites us to be messengers of hope. He invites us to become sentinels for all those bowed down by the despair born of encountering so many closed doors. In this child, God makes us agents of his hospitality.

Christmas Homily, Pope Francis (2017).

[and-her-saints]

st. mary of egypt: my gender is sinner. my pronouns are sin/er.

[templevirgin]

[blossom--of--snow]

Letterboxd reviews of some of my favorite movies part 2/?

[thedemonlady]

Bayonetta from Egypt concept art by Mari Shimazaki