A tender shoot has started up from a root of grace,
as ancient seers imparted from Jesse's holy race:
It blooms without a blight, blooms in the cold mid-winter,
turning our darkness into light.
This shoot Isaiah taught us, from Jesse's root should spring;
The Virgin Mary brought us the branch of which we sing;
Our God of endless might gave her this child to save us,
Thus turning darkness into light.
Lyrics: Otto Goldschidt - trans. W Bartholomew
Icon of the Tree of Jesse, written by Tatiana Grant
O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum,
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem Gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare
super quem continebunt reges os suum,
quem Gentes deprecabuntur:
veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare
O Root of Jesse, Guache, by Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ
O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples;
before whom kings will shut their mouths,
whom the nations will implore:
Come to deliver us, and do not now delay.
before whom kings will shut their mouths,
whom the nations will implore:
Come to deliver us, and do not now delay.
Tree of Jesse with all ancestors in trunk: Herrad of Hohenburg, Hortus Deliciarum (before 1195; colored sketch).
Veni, O Jesse virgula,
Ex hostis tuos ungula,
De specu tuos tartari
Educ et antro barathri
Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel
Nascetur pro te, Israel.
Jesse Tree, Jan Mostaert (1472-1555)-Rijks Museum, Amsterdam
Tree of Jesse, Chagall, 20th century
The Tree of Jesse, from the Lambeth Bible- 12th Centuty
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