Today is Michaelmas: the Feast of the Archangel Michael and all the Angels. Pacino di Buonaguida, Leaf of a Hymnal, containing part of the hymn to Michael the Archangel (Florence, 1340). The British Library, London, MS Additional 35254B The illustration shows the Apparition of Michael, with the saint and two archangels in combat with the dragon watched from above by Christ and the company of heaven, introducing the feast of the Apparition of Michael (8 May). Beneath the miniature is a single four-line red stave, musical notation and a single line of text in gold capitals with the beginning of the vernacular hymn to Michael "Exultando in Gesu" :: [Robert Scott Horton]
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“His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.” ― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
