Scenes from the Old and New Testaments (Dittochaeon) (complete)
Authorship disputed: Transmitted under Prudentius's name, and Gennadius's mention of a work of this kind is usually taken to refer to it; some scholars doubt it is by the poet.
Latin text: Lanfranchi, Opera (Turin 1898) (Latin text: Lanfranchi, Turin 1898 (public domain), via the Internet Archive OCR).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 1
1Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 1
Eva columba fuit tunc candida, nigra deinde Facta, per anguineum malesuada fraude venenum, Tinxit et innocuum maculis sordentibus Adam: Dat nudis ficulna draco mox tegmina victor.
Eve was then a white dove, then black she became through the snake’s poison by deceit that counseled ill, and stained innocent Adam with foul spots; the dragon, now victor, soon gives the naked fig-leaf coverings.
Gen 3:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 3:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Adam and Eve: Eve, stained by the serpent’s deceit, corrupts Adam, and the naked pair cover themselves with fig leaves.
- The Dittochaeon (“double food,” or Tituli historiarum) is a series of 49 quatrains, probably captions for pictures, 24 from the Old Testament and 25 from the New.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): fdt → fuit; venemun → venenum.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 1 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 1; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 2
2Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 2
Fratrum sacra Deus nutu distante duorum Aestimat, accipiens viva, et terrena refutans. Rusticus invidia pastorem sternit: in Abel Forma animae exprimitur; caro nostra in munere Cain.
God judges the sacrifices of the two brothers with differing assent, accepting the living, refusing the earthly. The farmer in envy strikes down the shepherd: in Abel the pattern of the soul is shown; our flesh in Cain’s offering.
Gen 4:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 4:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 4:8 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Cain and Abel: God accepts Abel’s living offering and rejects Cain’s earthly one; the farmer kills the shepherd.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Eusticus → Rusticus; pastoreiii → pastorem; ex])rimitur → exprimitur; munere Caiu, → munere Cain..
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 2 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 2; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 3
3Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 3
Nuntia diluvii iam decrescentis ad arcam Ore columba refert ramum viridantis olivae: Corvus enim ingluvie per foeda cadavra captus Haeserat: illa datae revehit nova gaudia pacis.
As messenger of the flood now going down, the dove brings back to the ark in its beak a branch of green olive; for the raven, caught by its gluttony among foul carcasses, had stayed; she brings back the new joys of peace bestowed.
Gen 8:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 8:11 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Noah’s dove returns with an olive branch, while the raven stays among the carcasses.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): coluihba → columba; reveliit → revehit.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 3 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 3; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 4
4Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 4
Hospitium hoc Domini est, ilex ubi frondea Mambrae Armentale senis protexit culmen: in ista Risit Sarra casa, subolis sibi gaudia sera Ferri, et decrepitum sic credere posse maritum.
This was the lodging of the Lord, where the leafy oak of Mamre sheltered the old man’s herdsman’s roof: in that tent Sarah laughed that late joys of offspring were promised her, and that her decrepit husband could believe it so.
Gen 18:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 18:12 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At the oak of Mamre the Lord is Abraham’s guest, and Sarah laughs at the promise of a son.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): ilex nbi frondea Manibrae → ilex ubi frondea Mambrae; culraen → culmen; Bisit Sarra → Risit Sarra; posso marituui → posse maritum.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 4 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 4; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 5
5Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 5
Abraham mercatus agrum, quo conderet ossa Coniugis, in terris quoniam peregrina moratur Iustitia atque fides. Hoc illud millibus emptum Spelaeum, sanctae requies ubi parta favillae est.
Abraham bought a field in which to lay the bones of his wife, since righteousness and faith dwell as strangers on earth. This is that cave bought for thousands, where a resting place was gained for holy ashes.
Gen 23:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 23:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 11:13 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Abraham buys the cave of Machpelah to bury Sarah, for the righteous are strangers on earth.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): lustitia → Iustitia.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 5 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 6
6Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 6
Bis septem spicae, vaccae totidem Pharaoni Per somnum visae, portendunt, dispare forma, Vberis atque famis duo per septennia tempus Instare: hoc solvit Patriarcha, interprete Christo.
Twice seven ears of grain, and as many cows, seen by Pharaoh in his sleep, foretell by their differing form that a time of plenty and of famine is at hand for two seven-year spans: this the patriarch solved, with Christ as interpreter.
Gen 41:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 41:25 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Joseph, with Christ as interpreter, explains Pharaoh’s dream of seven good and seven lean years.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 6 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 7
7Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 7
Venditus insidiis fratrum puer, ipse vicissim Cratera in fratris sacco clam praecipit abdi. Vtque reos furti Ioseph tenet, auctio fallax Proditur, agnoscunt fratrem, veniaque pudescunt.
The boy sold by his brothers’ treachery in turn himself orders a cup to be hidden secretly in his brother’s sack. And as Joseph holds them guilty of theft, the false sale is revealed; they recognize their brother, and are ashamed at his pardon.
Gen 37:28 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 44:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 45:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Joseph, once sold by his brothers, has his cup hidden in Benjamin’s sack; they recognize him and are ashamed at his forgiveness.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; joined words): loseph → Ioseph; agnoscuntfratrem, veniaquepudescunt → agnoscunt fratrem, veniaque pudescunt.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 7 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 8
8Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 8
Sentibus involitans Deus igneus, ore corusco Compellat iuvenem, pecoris tunc forte magistrum. Ille capit, iussus, virgam. Fit vipera virga. Solvit vincla pedum: properat Pharaonis ad arcem.
Flying over the thorns, God in fire, with flashing voice, addresses the young man, then by chance a keeper of the flock. He takes the rod, as commanded. The rod becomes a serpent. He looses the bonds of his feet; he hastens to Pharaoh’s citadel.
Exod 3:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 3:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 4:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God speaks to Moses from the burning bush; his rod becomes a serpent, he removes his sandals, and goes to Pharaoh.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 8 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 9
9Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 9
Tutus agit vir iustus iter, vel per mare magnum. Ecce Dei famulis scissim freta rubra dehiscunt, Quum peccatores rabidos eadem freta mergant. Obruitur Pharao: patuit via libera Mosi.
The just man goes his way safely, even through the great sea. See, for God’s servants the Red Sea parts asunder, while the same waters drown the raging sinners. Pharaoh is overwhelmed; a free way lay open to Moses.
Exod 14:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 14:28 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Red Sea opens for Israel and drowns Pharaoh.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 9 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Lanfranchi's Latin text (1898). No public-domain English translation was used; each quatrain was re-read against the Latin.
Chapter 10
10Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 10
Fumat montis apex divinis ignibus, in quo Scripta decem verbis saxorum pagina Mosi Traditur, ille suos, suscepta lege, revisit: Forma sed his vituli solus Deus, et Deus aurum.
The mountain’s peak smokes with divine fires; on it the page of stones written with ten words is given to Moses; having received the law he returns to his own people; but for them the form of a calf was their only god, and their god was gold.
Exod 19:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 31:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 32:4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses receives the ten commandments on smoking Sinai, while the people worship the golden calf.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): ap'X → apex.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 10 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 11
11Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 11
Panibus angelicis albent tentoria patrum. Certa fides facti: tenet urceus aureus exin Servatum Manna. Ingratis venit altera nubes, Atque avidos carnis saturat congesta coturnix.
The tents of the fathers grow white with the bread of angels. There is sure proof of the deed: a golden urn thenceforth holds the manna kept. For the ungrateful another cloud comes, and the quail heaped up fills those greedy for flesh.
Exod 16:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 78:25 (77:25 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 16:33 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 9:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Num 11:31 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The manna in the desert, kept in a golden jar, and the quails given to the people who craved meat.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): urceas → urceus; j\Ianna → Manna.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 11 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 12
12Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 12
Fervebat via sicca eremi serpentibus atris: Iamque venenati per livida vulnera morsus Carpebant populum: sed prudens aere politum Dux cruce suspendit, qui virus temperet, anguem.
The dry road of the desert seethed with black serpents, and now poisoned bites through livid wounds were consuming the people; but the wise leader hung up on a cross a snake of polished bronze, to temper the venom.
Num 21:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Num 21:9 (allusion, high confidence) · John 3:14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses lifts up the bronze serpent, here on a cross, to heal those bitten in the desert.
- The bronze serpent is read as a figure of the cross (John 3:14).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): lamque → Iamque.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 12 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 13
13Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 13
Aspera gustatu, populo sitiente, lacuna Tristificos latices stagnanti felle tenebat. Moses sanctus ait: Lignum date, gurgitem in istum Conicite: in dulcem vertentur amara saporem.
A pool, harsh to the taste, while the people thirsted, held gloomy waters with stagnant gall. Holy Moses says: “Give wood, throw it into this water: the bitter will be turned into a sweet taste.”
Exod 15:23 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 15:25 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At Marah Moses throws wood into the bitter water and makes it sweet.
- The wood was commonly read as a figure of the cross.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Ligiium → Lignum; Couiicite → Conicite.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 13 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 14
14Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 14
Devenere viri Mosi duce, sex ubi fontes, Et sex forte alii vitreo de rore rigabant Septenas decies palmas: qui mysticus Helim Lucus apostolicum numerum libris quoque pinxit.
With Moses as leader the men came to where six springs, and six others likewise, watered with glassy dew seventy palms: this mystic grove of Elim prefigured the apostolic number also in the books.
Exod 15:27 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 10:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At Elim twelve springs and seventy palms prefigure the twelve apostles and the seventy disciples.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 14 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Lanfranchi's Latin text (1898). No public-domain English translation was used; each quatrain was re-read against the Latin.
Chapter 15
15Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 15
In fontem refluo Iordanis gurgite fertur, Dum calcanda Dei populis vada sicca relinquit. Testes bis seni lapides, quos flumine in ipso Constituere patres, in formam discipulorum.
The Jordan is borne back to its source with its flowing tide, while it leaves dry fords to be trodden by the people of God. Witnesses are the twice six stones which the fathers set up in the river itself, in the pattern of the disciples.
Josh 3:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 4:9 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Jordan turns back for Israel, and twelve stones set up in it prefigure the twelve disciples.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): refiuo lordanis → refluo Iordanis.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 15 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 16
16Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 16
Procubuit Hiericho: sola adstant atria Raab. Hospita sanctorum meretrix (tanta est fidei vis), Incolumi secura domo spectabile coccum Ignibus adversis in signum sanguinis offert.
Jericho fell: only the house of Rahab stands. The harlot, hostess of the saints (so great is the power of faith), secure in her house unharmed, displays the conspicuous scarlet against the hostile fires as a sign of the blood.
Josh 6:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 2:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Josh 6:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 11:31 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: When Jericho falls, Rahab’s house alone is spared, marked by the scarlet cord, a sign of Christ’s blood.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Hiericlio → Hiericho; Kaab → Raab.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 16 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 17
17Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 17
Invictum virtute comae leo frangere Samson Adgreditur. Necat ille feram; sed ab ore leonis Mella fluunt: maxilla asini fontem vomit ultro, Stultitia exundat lymphis, dulcedine virtus.
A lion undertakes to break Samson, unconquered in the strength of his hair. He kills the beast; but from the lion’s mouth honey flows; the jawbone of an ass pours forth a spring of itself: folly overflows with waters, strength with sweetness.
Judg 14:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 14:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 15:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Samson kills the lion, from which honey later flows, and a spring comes from the jawbone with which he fought.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): ferara → feram; exuudat → exundat; dulcediue → dulcedine.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 17 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 18
18Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 18
Tercentum vulpes Samson capit, ignibus armat, Pone faces caudis circumligat, in sata mittit Allophylum, segetesque cremat. Sic callida vulpis Nunc heresis flammas vitiorum spargit in agros.
Samson catches three hundred foxes, arms them with fire, ties torches to their tails behind, sends them into the crops of the foreigners, and burns the harvest. So now the cunning fox of heresy scatters the flames of vices in the fields.
Judg 15:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Judg 15:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Song 2:15 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Samson’s foxes with burning tails, which set the Philistines’ fields alight, are a figure of heresy spreading vice.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Tercontura → Tercentum; Xunc heresis → Nunc heresis; agi-os → agros.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 18 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 19
19Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 19
David parvus erat, fratrum ultimus, et modo Iesse Cura gregis, citharam formans ad ovile paternum: Inde ad delicias regis. Mox horrida bella Conserit, et funda sternit stridente Goliam.
David was small, the last of his brothers, and lately Jesse’s care of the flock, shaping the lyre at his father’s fold; then to the delights of the king. Soon he joins grim wars and lays Goliath low with his whistling sling.
1 Sam 16:11 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 16:23 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Sam 17:49 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: David, the youngest shepherd and harpist, comes to Saul’s court and kills Goliath with his sling.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): lesse → Iesse; citliaram → citharam.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 19 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 20
20Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 20
Regis mitifici fulgent insignia David: Sceptrum, oleum, cornu, diadema, et purpura et ara. Omnia conveniunt Christo: chlamys, atque corona; Virga potestatis, cornu crucis, altar olivum.
The insignia of David, the mild king, shine: scepter, oil, horn, diadem, and purple, and altar. All fit Christ: the cloak and the crown, the rod of power, the horn of the cross, the altar, the olive oil.
1 Sam 16:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 27:28 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 27:29 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: David’s royal insignia, scepter, oil, horn, crown, purple and altar, all apply to Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Kegis → Regis; Sceptrura → Sceptrum; diaderaa → diadema; Orania → Omnia.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 20 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 21
21Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 21
Aedificat templum sapientia per Salomonis Obsequium: Regina Austri grave congerit aurum. Tempus adest, quo templum hominis sub pectore Christus Aedificet, quod Graia colant: quod barbara ditent.
Wisdom builds the temple through the service of Solomon: the Queen of the South brings heaped-up weighty gold. The time is at hand when Christ will build a temple in the heart of man, which Greeks will worship, which barbarians will enrich.
1 Kgs 6:1 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Kgs 10:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 12:42 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 3:16 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Solomon builds the temple and the Queen of Sheba brings gold; Christ will build a temple in human hearts, honored by all nations.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): teiuplum → templum.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 21 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 22
22Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 22
Forte prophetarum nati dum ligna recidunt Fluminis in ripa, cecidit discussa bipennis. Gurgite submersum est ferrum: sed mox leve lignum Iniectum stagnis, ferrum revocabile fecit.
When the sons of the prophets happened to be cutting wood on the bank of the river, an axe flew off and fell. The iron sank in the stream; but soon light wood, thrown into the water, made the iron come back.
2 Kgs 6:5 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 6:6 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Elisha makes the lost axe head float by throwing a stick into the Jordan.
- The wood was commonly read as a figure of the cross.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray period): mox. leve → mox leve.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 22 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 23
23Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 23
Gens Hebraeorum, peccamine capta frequenti, Fleverat exilium dirae Babylonis ad amnes: Tum patrios cantare modos, praecepta recusat, Organaque in ramis salicis suspendit amarae,
The people of the Hebrews, taken captive for their frequent sinning, had wept their exile by the rivers of dread Babylon; then they refuse, when ordered, to sing their fathers’ songs, and hang their instruments on the branches of the bitter willow.
Ps 137:1 (136:1 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 137:2 (136:2 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 137:4 (136:4 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The exiles weep by the rivers of Babylon and hang their harps on the willows.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): acl amnes → ad amnes.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 23 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 24
24Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 24
Hic bonus Ezechias meruit ter quinque per annos Praescriptum proferre diem, legemque obeundi Tendere: tot gradibus, quot vespera texerat umbram, Lumine perfusis, docuit sol versus in ortum.
Here good Hezekiah earned to extend his appointed day by three times five years, and to stretch the law of dying: by as many steps as evening had covered with shadow, the sun, turned back toward its rising, showed them flooded with light.
2 Kgs 20:6 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 20:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 38:8 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Hezekiah’s life is extended fifteen years, confirmed by the shadow going back on the steps.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; stray period): Praescriptuni → Praescriptum; umbram,. → umbram,.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 24 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 25
25Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 25
Adventante Deo, descendit nuntius alto Gabriel Patris ex solio, sedemque repente Intrat Virgineam. Sanctus te Spiritus, inquit, Implevit, Maria: Christum paries, sacra Virgo.
As God draws near, a messenger comes down from the high throne of the Father, Gabriel, and suddenly enters the Virgin’s dwelling. “The Holy Spirit,” he says, “has filled you, Mary: you will bear Christ, holy Virgin.”
Luke 1:26 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 1:35 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Gabriel announces to Mary that by the Holy Spirit she will bear Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Grabriel → Gabriel; Cliristum paries → Christum paries.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 25 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 26
26Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 26
Sancta Bethlem caput est orbis: quae protulit Iesum, Orbis principium, caput ipsum principiorum. Vrbs hominem Christum genuit; qui Christus agebat Ante Deus, quam sol fieret, quam lucifer esset.
Holy Bethlehem is the head of the world: it brought forth Jesus, the beginning of the world, the very head of beginnings. The city bore Christ as man; but Christ was acting as God before the sun was made, before the morning star existed.
Mic 5:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 2:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Col 1:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 110:3 (109:3 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Bethlehem bore Christ as man, who was God before the sun and stars.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; OCR, joined words; stray mark): Saiicta Betlilem caputestorbis: quaeprotulitlesum, → Sancta Bethlem caput est orbis: quae protulit Iesum,; ■ Orbis → Orbis; principiorura → principiorum; liominem Cluistum → hominem Christum.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 26 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 27
27Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 27
Hic pretiosa Magi, sub Virginis ubere, Christo Dona ferunt puero, myrrhaeque et turis et auri. Miratur genitrix tot casti ventris honores, Seque Deum genuisse hominem, Regem quoque summum.
Here the Magi bring precious gifts to the child Christ at the Virgin’s breast, of myrrh and incense and gold. The mother marvels at so many honors of her chaste womb, and that she has borne God as man, and the highest King too.
Matt 2:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 2:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Magi bring gold, incense and myrrh, and Mary marvels that she has borne God and King.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Eegem → Regem.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 27 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/27). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 28
28Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 28
Pervigiles pastorum oculos vis luminis implet Angelici, natum celebrans de Virgine Christum. Inveniunt tectum pannis: praesepe iacenti Cuna erat, exultant alacros, et Numen adorant.
The power of angelic light fills the watchful eyes of the shepherds, as it celebrates Christ born of the Virgin. They find him covered with cloths; a manger was the cradle for him lying there; they exult eagerly and adore the Godhead.
Luke 2:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 2:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 2:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The angels’ light appears to the shepherds, who find the Christ child in the manger and adore him.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Xumen → Numen.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 28 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/28). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 29
29Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 29
Impius innumeris infantum caedibus hostis Perfurit Herodes, dum Christum quaerit in illis. Fumant lacteolo parvorum sanguine cunae, Vulneribusque madent calidis pia pectora matrum.
The impious enemy Herod rages in countless slaughters of infants, while he seeks Christ among them. The cradles smoke with the milk-white blood of little ones, and the loving breasts of mothers are wet with warm wounds.
Matt 2:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Herod slaughters the infants while seeking Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): parvoram → parvorum.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 29 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/29). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 30
30Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 30
Perfundit fluvio, pastus Baptista locustis, Silvarumque favis, et amictus veste cameli, Tinxerat et Christum: sed Spiritus aethere missus Testatur tinctum, qui tinctis crimina donet.
The Baptist, fed on locusts and the honeycombs of the woods, and clothed in camel’s garment, bathes in the river; he had dipped Christ too; but the Spirit sent from heaven testifies that the one dipped is he who forgives the sins of the dipped.
Matt 3:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 3:16 (allusion, high confidence) · John 1:29 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John the Baptist, clothed in camel’s hair and fed on locusts, baptizes Christ, and the Spirit declares him the one who forgives sins.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; joined words): Silvaruinque → Silvarumque; etChristum → et Christum.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 30 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/30). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 31
31Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 31
Excidio templi veteris stat pinna superstes: Structus enim lapide ex illo manet angulus, usque In saeclum saecli, quem sprerunt aedificantes; Nunc caput est templi, et lapidum compago duorum.
A pinnacle stands, surviving the destruction of the old temple; for the corner remains built of that stone, to the age of ages, which the builders rejected; now it is the head of the temple and the joining of two stones.
Matt 4:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 118:22 (117:22 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Eph 2:20 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A pinnacle of the ruined temple remains, and the rejected stone has become the head of the corner, joining two peoples.
- The “two stones” are Jews and Gentiles joined in Christ (Eph 2:14–20).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; joined words; stray mark): supersfces → superstes; illomanetangulus → illo manet angulus; N"unc caput → Nunc caput.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 31 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 32
32Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 32
Foedera coniugii celebrabant auspice coetu Forte Galilaei. lam deerant vina ministris: Christus vasa iubet properanter aquaria lymphis Impleri: inde meri veteris defunditur unda.
Galileans, by chance, were celebrating the covenant of marriage with a gathering for the auspices. Now the servants lacked wine: Christ bids the water jars be quickly filled with water; from them the liquid of old wine is poured out.
John 2:1 (allusion, high confidence) · John 2:7 (allusion, high confidence) · John 2:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At the wedding at Cana Christ turns water into wine.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): colebrabant → celebrabant; Cliristus vasa → Christus vasa; Ij^mphis → lymphis; Impieri → Impleri.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 32 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/32). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 33
33Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 33
Morborum medicina latex, quem spiritus horis Eructat variis: fusum ratione latenti, Siloam vocitant: sputis ubi conlita coeci Lumina Salvator iussit de fonte lavari.
A water that is a medicine for diseases, which breathes out at various hours, poured forth by a hidden cause, they call Siloam: where the Savior bade the blind man’s eyes, smeared with spittle, be washed in the spring.
John 9:6 (allusion, high confidence) · John 9:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ heals the blind man by sending him to wash in the pool of Siloam.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 33 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/33). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 34
34Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 34
Praemia saltatrix poscit funebria virgo Ioannis caput, abscisum quod lance reportet Incestae ad gremium matris. Fert regia donum Psaltria, respersis manibus de sanguine iusto.
The dancing girl demands a deadly reward, the head of John, cut off, to carry back on a dish to the lap of her incestuous mother. The royal harpist bears the gift, her hands sprinkled with righteous blood.
Matt 14:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 14:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 6:28 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Herodias’s daughter asks for the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): loannis → Ioannis; douum → donum.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 34 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/34). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 35
35Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 35
It mare per medium Dominus, fluctusque liquentes Calce terens. Iubet instabili descendere cumba Discipulum: sed mortalis trepidatio plantas Mergit; at ille manum regit, et vestigia firmat.
The Lord goes through the midst of the sea, treading the liquid waves with his heel. He bids his disciple step down from the unsteady boat; but mortal fear sinks his feet; yet he guides his hand and steadies his steps.
Matt 14:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 14:29 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 14:31 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ walks on the sea and holds up Peter when he begins to sink.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): lubet → Iubet; sod mortalis → sed mortalis.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 35 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/35). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 36
36Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 36
Vincla sepulcrali sub carcere ferrea daemon Fregerat: erumpit, pedibusque advolvitur Iesu. Ast hominem Dominus sibi vindicat, et iubet hostem Porcorum raptare greges, ac per freta mergi.
A demon had broken iron chains in the prison of the tombs: he bursts out and rolls at the feet of Jesus. But the Lord claims the man for himself, and bids the enemy seize the herds of swine and be drowned in the sea.
Mark 5:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 5:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Mark 5:13 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ frees the Gerasene demoniac and sends the demons into the swine, which drown.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): sepnlcrali → sepulcrali; podibusque → pedibusque; lesu → Iesu; Ireta → freta.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 36 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 37
37Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 37
Quinque Deus panes fregit, piscesque gemellos: His hominum large saturavit millia quinque. Implentur nimio micarum fragmine corbes Bis seni: aeternae tanta est opulentia mensae.
God broke five loaves, and twin fishes: with these he amply filled five thousand people. Twice six baskets are filled with the great quantity of fragments: so great is the wealth of the eternal table.
Matt 14:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 14:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 14:21 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ feeds five thousand with five loaves and two fish, with twelve baskets left over.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): fraginine → fragmine.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 37 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/37). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 38
38Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 38
Conscius insignis facti locus in Bethania Vidit ab inferna te, Lazare, sede reversum. Adparet scissum, fractis foribus, monumentum, Vnde putrescentis redierunt membra sepulti.
The place in Bethany, aware of the famous deed, saw you, Lazarus, returned from the seat below. The tomb appears split, its doors broken, from which the limbs of the decaying buried man came back.
John 11:39 (allusion, high confidence) · John 11:44 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ raises Lazarus from the tomb at Bethany.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Consciiis → Conscius.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 38 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/38). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 39
39Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 39
Campus Acheldamach, sceleris mercede nefandi Venditus, exsequias recipit tumulosus humandas. Sanguinis hoc pretium est Christi. Iudas eminus artat Infelix collum laqueo pro crimine tanto.
The field of Akeldama, sold for the wage of an unspeakable crime, full of graves, receives funerals for burial. This is the price of the blood of Christ. Far off, unhappy Judas tightens his neck with a noose for so great a crime.
Matt 27:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 27:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The field of blood bought with Judas’s silver becomes a burial ground, and Judas hangs himself.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Acheldamacli → Acheldamach; ludas → Iudas.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 39 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/39). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 40
40Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 40
Impia blasphemi cecidit domus ecce Caiphae, In qua pulsata est alapis facies sacra Christi. Hic peccatores manet exitus: obruta quorum Vita ruinosis tumulis sine fine iacebit.
See, the impious house of blaspheming Caiaphas has fallen, in which the sacred face of Christ was struck with blows. This end awaits sinners: their life, overwhelmed, will lie without end in ruinous heaps.
Matt 26:57 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 26:67 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The ruined house of Caiaphas, where Christ was struck, is a sign of sinners’ end.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 40 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/40). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 41
41Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 41
Vinctus in his Dominus stetit aedibus, atque columnae Adnexus tergum dedit, ut servile, flagellis. Perstat adhuc, templumque gerit veneranda columna, Nosque docet cunctis immunes vivere flagris.
Bound in this house the Lord stood, and, tied to a column, gave his back, like a slave, to the scourges. The venerable column still stands and bears up the temple, and teaches us to live free of all scourges.
Matt 27:26 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 50:6 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The column where Christ was scourged still stands, teaching freedom from all scourges.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Viiictus in his Domintis stetitaedibus, atqne coluranao → Vinctus in his Dominus stetit aedibus, atque columnae; dodit → dedit; Pt-rstat adliuc, templnmque → Perstat adhuc, templumque; colnmna → columna; immnnes → immunes.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 41 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/41). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 42
42Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 42
Traiectus per utrumque latus, laticem atque cruorem Christus agit. Sanguis, victoria: lympha, lavacrum est. Tunc duo discordant crucibus hinc inde latrones Contiguis: negat ille Deum; fert iste coronam.
Pierced through either side, Christ sends forth water and blood. The blood is victory; the water is the bath. Then two robbers on crosses on either side close by disagree: one denies God; the other wins a crown.
John 19:34 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 23:39 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 23:43 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: From Christ’s pierced side flow blood, his victory, and water, baptism; of the two thieves one denies him, the other is crowned.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): laticem atqne cruorem → laticem atque cruorem.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 42 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/42). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 43
43Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 43
Christum non tenuit saxum, non claustra sepulcri: Mors illi devicta iacet: calcavit abyssum. Sanctorum populus superas simul ivit ad oras, Seque dedit multis tactuque oculisque probandum.
No stone held Christ, nor the bars of the tomb: death lies conquered by him; he trod down the abyss. The people of the saints went with him to the regions above, and he gave himself to many to be tested by touch and eyes.
Matt 28:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 27:52 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 24:39 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ rises, conquering death; the saints rise with him, and he shows himself to many.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): iion tcnuit → non tenuit; tactuquo → tactuque.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 43 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/43). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 44
44Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 44
Montis oliviferi Christus de vertice sursum Ad Patrem rediit, sig-nans vestigia pacis. Frondibus aeternis praepinguis liquitur humor, Qui probat infusum terris de Chrismate donum.
From the summit of the olive-bearing mountain Christ returned upward to the Father, marking footprints of peace. From the everlasting leaves a very rich moisture flows, which proves the gift poured on the earth from the Chrism.
Acts 1:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:12 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 24:50 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ ascends from the Mount of Olives, leaving footprints of peace; its olive oil signifies the gift of the anointing.
- The footprints of Christ shown on the Mount of Olives were a pilgrimage tradition.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): sursuin - → sursum; vesti.i^-ia → vestigia; huinor → humor; tcrris → terris; doiium → donum.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 44 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/44). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 45
45Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 45
Primus init Stephanus mercedem sanguinis, imbri Adflictus lapidum; Christum tamen ille cruentus Inter saxa rogat, ne sit lapidatio fraudi Hostibus. O primae pietas miranda coronae!
Stephen first enters on the reward of blood, struck down by a shower of stones; yet, bloodied, he asks Christ amid the stones that the stoning may not be held against his enemies. O the wondrous goodness of the first crown!
Acts 7:58 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 7:60 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Stephen, the first martyr, prays for those who stone him.
- Stephen’s name means “crown.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Priinus init Stophanus → Primus init Stephanus; AcHlictus → Adflictus; Clnnstum tamcn illo cruontus → Christum tamen ille cruentus; no sit → ne sit; 0 primac → O primae; coronao → coronae.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 45 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/45). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 46
46Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 46
Porta manet templi, Speciosam quam vocitarunt, Egregium Solomonis opus: sed maius in illa Cliristi opus emicuit. Nam claudus surgere iussus Ore Petri, stupuit luxatos currere gressus.
There remains the gate of the temple which they called Beautiful, the outstanding work of Solomon; but a greater work of Christ shone out in it. For the lame man, bidden to rise by Peter’s mouth, was amazed that his dislocated steps could run.
Acts 3:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 3:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 3:8 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At the Beautiful Gate Peter, in Christ’s name, makes the lame man walk.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): surgero → surgere.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 46 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/46). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 47
47Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 47
Somniat inlapsum Petrus alto ex aethere discum, Confertum omnigenis animalibus: ille recusat Mandere; sed Dominus iubet omnia munda putare. Surgit, et immundas vocat ad mysteria gentes.
Peter dreams of a dish let down from high heaven, filled with animals of every kind: he refuses to eat; but the Lord bids him think all things clean. He rises, and calls the unclean nations to the mysteries.
Acts 10:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 10:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 10:15 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Peter’s vision of the sheet of animals leads him to call the Gentiles to the faith.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): aetliere → aethere; iiutare → putare; mystcria → mysteria.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 47 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/47). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 48
48Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 48
Hic lupus ante rapax vestitur vellere molli: Saulus qui fuerat, fit, ademto lumine, Paulus. Mox recipit visum; fit apostolus, ac populorum Doctor, et ore potens corvos mutare columbis.
Here the wolf, once rapacious, is clothed with soft fleece: he who had been Saul becomes, his sight taken away, Paul. Soon he receives his sight; he becomes an apostle, and teacher of the peoples, mighty in speech to change ravens into doves.
Gen 49:27 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 9:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 9:18 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:7 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Saul the persecutor, blinded, becomes Paul the apostle and teacher of the nations.
- The wolf becoming a sheep alludes to Gen 49:27 (Benjamin, Paul’s tribe, as a ravening wolf).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): lupas anto → lupus ante; moUi → molli.
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 48 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/48). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 49
49Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 49
Bis duodena senum sedes, pateris citharisque, Totque coronarum fulgens insignibus. Agnum Caede cruentatum laudat: qui evolvere librum, Et septem potuit signacula pandere solus.
The seats of the twice twelve elders, with bowls and harps, and shining with as many crowns as insignia, praise the Lamb bloodied by slaughter, who alone was able to unroll the book and to open the seven seals.
Rev 4:4 (allusion, high confidence) · Rev 5:8 (allusion, high confidence) · Rev 5:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Rev 5:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The twenty-four elders with harps, bowls and crowns praise the slain Lamb who alone can open the sealed book.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Prudentius, Ditt. 49 (Lanfranchi 2:quatrain 49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/prudentius-dittochaeon/49). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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