Humility
"Behold, what I longed for, I now see. What I hoped for, I now have. On earth I loved him devotedly; now, in heaven, I am united with him."
- Benedictus antiphon for the feast of St Agnes.
This stained glass window by Burne Jones and executed by Morris is in Harris Manchester College, Oxford. It shows a virginal girl holding a lamb, and is meant to be a personification of Humility. But in each of his depictions of the virtues he chose a saint or Biblical figure, and in hagiographical art the saint holding the lamb is Saint Agnes of Rome, whose feast is celebrated on 21 January.
Humility
"Behold, what I longed for, I now see. What I hoped for, I now have. On earth I loved him devotedly; now, in heaven, I am united with him."
- Benedictus antiphon for the feast of St Agnes.
This stained glass window by Burne Jones and executed by Morris is in Harris Manchester College, Oxford. It shows a virginal girl holding a lamb, and is meant to be a personification of Humility. But in each of his depictions of the virtues he chose a saint or Biblical figure, and in hagiographical art the saint holding the lamb is Saint Agnes of Rome, whose feast is celebrated on 21 January.