"Nasoni - Big Nose"
The common fountains all over Rome
offering a drink to all who are thirsty.
It's Christmas eve.
I conclude my Fountains of Rome with this humble fountain that is familiar to all of us in the Eternal City.
Have a great Christmas!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Advent Calendar 2011: Week 4 Saturday
It's Christmas eve.
I conclude my Fountains of Rome with this humble fountain that is familiar to all of us in the Eternal City.
Have a great Christmas!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Advent Calendar 2011: Week 4 Friday
Fountain in the courtyard of Palazzo della Rovere
Headquarters of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster,
exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver,
the hope of the nations and their Saviour:
Come and save us, O Lord our God.
O Antiphon for December 23
exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum:
veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.
O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver,
the hope of the nations and their Saviour:
Come and save us, O Lord our God.
O Antiphon for December 23
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Advent Calendar 2011: Week 4 Thursday
Fontana della Pigna - Fountain of the Pine Cone
Piazza San Marco
O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum,
lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:
veni, et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti.
O King of the nations, and their desire,
the cornerstone making both one:
Come and save the human race,
which you fashioned from clay.
O Antiphon for December 22
lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:
veni, et salva hominem,
quem de limo formasti.
O King of the nations, and their desire,
the cornerstone making both one:
Come and save the human race,
which you fashioned from clay.
O Antiphon for December 22
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Advent Calendar 2011: Week 4 Wednesday
Fontana della Tartarughe - The Turtle Fountain
in Piazza Mattei
O Oriens,
splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
O Morning Star,
splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
O Antiphon for December 21
splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
O Morning Star,
splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
O Antiphon for December 21
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Advent Calendar 2011: Week 4 Tuesday
Fontana dell Api - Fountain of the Bees
by Bernini in Piazza Barberini
O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel;
qui aperis, et nemo claudit;
claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,
sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
claudis, et nemo aperit:
veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris,
sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;
you open and no one can shut;
you shut and no one can open:
Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,
those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
you open and no one can shut;
you shut and no one can open:
Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,
those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
O Antiphon for December 20
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Advent Calendar 2011: Week 4 Monday
Fountain in front of Palazzo del Viminale
Headquarters for Italian Ministry of the Interior
O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem Gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples;
before you kings will shut their mouths,
to you the nations will make their prayer:
Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.
O Antiphon for December 19
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem Gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare.
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples;
before you kings will shut their mouths,
to you the nations will make their prayer:
Come and deliver us, and delay no longer.
O Antiphon for December 19
Advent Calendar 2011: Week 4 Sunday
Courtyard Fountain of San Anselmo on the Aventine Hill
O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel,
qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.
O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,
who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush
and gave him the law on Sinai:
Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.
qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti,
et ei in Sina legem dedisti:
veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.
O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel,
who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush
and gave him the law on Sinai:
Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.
O Antiphone for December 18
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