Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Proverbs 9:13-11:5
Donald Jackson
Scribes: poetry, Brian Simpson;
Text, Angela Swan
Text, Angela Swan
Vellum, with ink, paint, silver and gold
Seven is a symbolic number
in the Old Testament,
signifying completions or fullness.
There is a perfection and fullness
to the created order of Wisdom's world.
On each of the pillars is an orb, a pearl,
a precious article of beauty reminiscent
of that heavenly body addicted
with feminine forces, the moon.
Growing from one of these pillars
is a complex
of interlaced building, each constructed
with a series of arches
supported by more columns.
On the upper left hand of the page,
among the interlaced buildings,
is a monochromatic,
green drawing of the chapel
at Saint Benedict's Monastery,
the Benedictine sisters' community
just five miles down from Saint John's
and home to the College of Saint Benedict.
A table is set with wine and bread
on the right-hand page of the illumination.
This image advances the connection
between Wisdom and Christ.
The invitation to "Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed"
resonates deeply with the invitation
of the Eucharistic prayer.
in the Old Testament,
signifying completions or fullness.
There is a perfection and fullness
to the created order of Wisdom's world.
On each of the pillars is an orb, a pearl,
a precious article of beauty reminiscent
of that heavenly body addicted
with feminine forces, the moon.
Growing from one of these pillars
is a complex
of interlaced building, each constructed
with a series of arches
On the upper left hand of the page,
among the interlaced buildings,
is a monochromatic,
green drawing of the chapel
at Saint Benedict's Monastery,
the Benedictine sisters' community
just five miles down from Saint John's
and home to the College of Saint Benedict.
A table is set with wine and bread
on the right-hand page of the illumination.
This image advances the connection
between Wisdom and Christ.
The invitation to "Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed"
resonates deeply with the invitation
of the Eucharistic prayer.
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