Prayers in Latin

Illuminated Letter P

Pater Noster (the Lord's Prayer)

Pater Noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificétur nomen Tuum, adveniat Regnum Tuum, fiat volúntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie, et dimitte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimittímus debitóribus nostris; et ne nos indúcas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amén

Illuminated Letter A

Ave María (Hail Mary)

Ave María, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in muliéribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in ora mortis nostrae. Amén

Gloria (Glory Be)

Gloria Patri, et Fili, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc et semper, et in saeccula saeculorum, Amén.

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Background & Scans: 13th Century Medieval Illuminated English Manuscript.Page from a Bible from the workshop of William de Brailles who worked in Oxford 1230-1240 and who penned the Oxford Bible. Pages from the same Bible from the Blackburn collection have been on display at the Cleveland Museum.