St. Cecilia of Rome (SNV 36, Style 1) Badge ID Badge

Prefer other colour schemes? See the suggested coordinating hues on the Colour Palette postcard for this image. Colour Palette postcards are found in an image's associated COLLECTION and in the Special COLLECTION devoted just to colour palettes. + In this splendid image, St. Cecilia (3rd century) is seated at a pipe organ; an angel, serving as calcant, works its bellows. A scroll in Latin between the two figures reads: “+Cantate Domino et benedicite nomini ejus” which translates “+Sing to the Lord and bless His name (Psalm 95:2)”. + Image Credit (SNV 36): Antique image of St. Cecilia of Rome from a late nineteenth-century devotional print, artwork by J. Klein, chromoxylography by H[einrich] Knoefler (1824-1886), published by St. Norbert Book- and Art Printing, Vienna, Austria. From the designer’s private collection of religious ephemera. + Feast: November 22