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Handwritten: 589 To return to Απολαυσις
Αρρ is characterized by just such headgear. [handwritten: Now the] heads of women in marriage scenes sculpted on sarcophagi [handwritten: often 590] are covered. St. Ambrose characterized marriage by benediction and the veil. [handwritten: 591] In the Coptic rite of marriage, a white veil was worn for most of the ceremony by both bride and groom as a [handwritten: sign] sign of chastity and purity. In the Armenian ceremony, the [handwritten: head] head of the bride was covered. [handwritten: 592] Gregory Nazianus describes the marriage of Christ and the Church [handwritten: 593] in the following words-
[handwritten: Παρθένε, κόσμον ἀπαντα, καὶ ὀππόσα τερπνὰ βίου Ω ξαυτέη, Χριστοῦ πέλας ἱστασο λαμπετούντος Καὶ χεῖρ χειρὸς ἐλούσα, τεῖς ἀγε παστάδας εἴσω Τερπνῆς, ἠδυπνόον, θυωδέος. ὡς κε μύροιοι Μίξαις οὐρανίοισι μύρον τὸν ἐνὶ χυθεῖσιν Λφράστοισι πιθοῦσι πιθοῦσι ---]
Handwritten: Χριστὸς δ'ἀνέωξε καλὸν πέρατ'
Handwritten: καὶ θάλαμον ἰδὼν κεδνὴν περικαλλέα νύμφην
Handwritten: Χριστὸς καχαλόωσαν ἐὰ πρὸς σύνατ' ἀναξεὶ 594 594
Handwritten: καὶ ἐστήσατ' χαρίτεσσιν ἀειδόμενος ἐσθ' ὅ κάλλιστον
Now in the rite of baptism of Jacob of Edessa, the priest just before the opening of the font spoke as follows- Quis vidit duas pulchras sorores, ut purum baptisma, et sanctam Ecclesiam? Mysterium occultum in mare est. Unum gignit, et altera alit. Quod baptisma ex
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain