Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Pope Innocent VI (1282-1362) and Mozart (1756-1791) meditate on the sacrament of Holy Communion in the motet "Ave Verum Corpus." Watch in HD: http://youtube.com/watch?v=OY5Bg6Nk6Gc&fmt=18 Guide to Images: Image #1 - http://www.tldm.org/directives/d147.htm Image #2 - Fra Angelico "Tranfiguration" c. 1440 Image #3 - Orazio Gentileschi "Madonna and Child" 1610 Image #4 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau "Pieta" 1876 Image #5 - Tintoretto "Crucifixion" (1518-1594) Image #8 - Caravaggio "Doubting Thomas" 1602 Image #9 - Meister Frankce "Man of Sorrows" c. 1435 Image #15 - Boticelli "Last Communion of St. Jerome" 1495 Image #17 - http://thewindowshowsitall.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html Recording from: Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Mozart-His-Greatest-Masterpieces/dp/B00005A8JZ Please note that my translation from the Latin is not literal. It is meant to be an interpretation. Original Latin text: Ave, ave verum corpus Natum de Maria Virgine, Vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine. Cuius latus perforatum unda fluxit et sanguine. Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. in mortis examine.