Totally Beautiful, My Love

Day Out with bink & Penny Cooper: To See & Be Seen

. . . At the Art Institute

ABOVE: Earthenware Zodiac Figures, China, Tang Dynasty (7th-10th cent.)
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BELOW: The man is saying in Latin:
"You are totally beautiful, my love."

"Venerable Miguel Geronimo Carmelo",
painting by Francisco de Zubaran, 1628, Spain.
Carmelo has a vision of a doll-sized Mary. He is saying,
Tota pulchra es(t) amica mea = You are totally beautiful, my love
--a phrase from the Song of Songs 4:7.

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BELOW: At the seal & sea lion pool at Como Zoo