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 desire thereof, and cornerstone that makest of twain one: come and save Man, whom Thou formed from the mire of the earth.
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| The Creation of Adam, by Andrea Pisano, 1335; from the bell-tower of the Cathedral of Florence. |
