Psalm 51
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Psalm 51, one of the penitential psalms, is the 51st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Have mercy upon me, O God". In the slightly different numbering syste
Latin text on a holy water font: see verse 9 below
Thomas More
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Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as a martyr and saint, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian and Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry
Psalm 51
…recommended that this chapter be recited each night by some of his disciples. According to James Montgomery Boice, this psalm was recited by both Thomas More and Lady Jane Grey at their executions. Parallels between Psalm 51 and the Ancient Egyptian ritual text Opening of the mouth ceremony have been pointed…
Sir Thomas More (1527)
Portrait of Saint Thomas More, executed on Tower Hill (London) in 1535, apparently based on the Holbein portrait
Rowland Lockey after Hans Holbein the Younger, The Family of Sir Thomas More, c. 1594, Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
Study for a portrait of Thomas More's family, c. 1527, by Hans Holbein the Younger