by St. Hildegard of Bingen[1]
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| Initial F: Tree of Jesse Stammheim / Hildesheim Missal (ca. 1160-70), fol. 146r. J. Paul Getty Museum |
| Alleluia! O virga mediatrix, sancta viscera tua mortem superaverunt et venter tuus omnes creaturas illuminavit in pulcro flore de suavissima integritate clausi pudoris tui orto. |
Alleluia! O branch and mediatrix, your sacred flesh has conquered death, your womb the world illumined, all creatures in the bloom of beauty sprung from that exquisite purity of your enclosèd modesty. |
