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Forty-nine quatrains describing scenes from the Old and New Testaments — meant as inscriptions for paintings in a church. The earliest Christian picture-poem cycle.

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  • De Adam et Eva

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • De Abel et Cain

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • De Noe et Diluvio

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • De Abraham et Hospitio eius

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Monumentum Sarrae

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Somnium Pharaonis

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • A fratribus Agnitus Ioseph

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Ignis in rubo

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Iter per mare

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Moyses accepit legem

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Manna et coturnices

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Serpens aereus in Heremo

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Lacus Myrrhae in Heremo

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Aelim Lucus in Heremo

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Duodecim lapides in Iordane

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Domus Raab Meretricis

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Samson

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Samson

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • David

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Regnum David

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Aedificatio Templi

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Filii Prophetarum

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Hebraei in Captivitatem Ducti

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Domus Ezechiae Regis

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Mariae Angelus Gabriel mittitur

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Civitas Bethlem

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Magorum munera

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Ab Angelis pastores admoniti

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Occiduntur infantes in Bethlem

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Baptizatur Christus

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Pinna Templi

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Ex aqua vinum

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Piscina Siloa

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Passio Iohannis

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Per mare ambulat Christus

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Daemon missus in porcos

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Quinque panes et duo pisces

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Lazarus suscitatus a mortuis

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Ager Sanguinis

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • Domus Caiphae

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • COLUMNA AD QUAM FLAGELLATUS EST CHRISTUS

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • PASSIO SALVATORIS

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • SEPULCRUM CHRISTI

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • MONS OLIVETI

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • PASSIO STEPHANI

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • PORTA SPECIOSA

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • VISIO PETRI

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • VAS ELECTIONIS

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
  • APOCALYPSIS IOHANNIS

    A brief verse description of a biblical scene, designed to accompany a painting or mosaic in a church — part of Prudentius' programme of Christian art.

    4 lines
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