Panel 7: THE BREAD OF LIFE

Virtue: CARITAS et PIETAS; Charity and Holiness

a) Melkizedek offers bread and wine (Genesis 14 18-20)

Circumscription: Vinum cum pane presul sacer intulit are
"The kingly Highpriest offers up wine and bread on the altar"

b) The last supper (Matthew 26:20-29; Luke 22:14-20; John 13:21-30; I Cor.11:23-25)

Circumscription: Bina Christus sub specie manibus fert ecce suis se
"Look! Christ holds himself in his hands under two forms (displays; representations; guises)"

c) Manna in the golden urn (Exodus 16 32-34)

Circumscription: Man notat obscura clausum te Christe figura
"The manna means you, O Christ! Hidden and surrounded by darkness"