by Diane Baumer
18 Dies Irae is a 13th century hymn composed by Thomas of Celano, a friend of Saint Francis of Assisi. It is considered to be one of the best medieval poems in Latin.
19 Book of Wisdom 9:13-16.
20 Deuteronomy 27:24-25.
21 Peter 5:8.
22 Classical music concert series which are held annually at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
23 Sirach 15:16
24 Georgian pastry.
25 Xièxiè means ‘thanks’ in Mandarin.
26 Sirach 42.
27 Deuteronomy 22.
28 Lukas 22:21.
29 Matthew 26:21.
30 Psalms 120:2.
31 Psalms 88.
32 Zdzislaw Beksinski (1929-2005) was a Polish painter and photographer known for his gloomy, apocalyptic style, which he used to describe as Gothic or Baroque.
33 Quote by Saint Francis of Assisi.
34 Santa Claus. The phrase literally means ‘Grandfather Snow.’
35 A classical Georgian poet and writer born in the nineteenth century, as well as one of the leaders of the country’s liberation movement.
36 Vazha Pshavela’s poem “The Eagle.”
37 Matthew 5:4.
38 Such image appears in the Apocalypse.
39 Sirach 39:16.
40 Sirach 11:3.
41 Style deriving from Tai Chi.
42 Lied by Strauss. Lyrics can be found in Chapter 38.
43 Spanish Mediterranean cake.
44 ’Come here with me.’
45 ‘I love you.’
46 Proverbs 2:11.
47 Teresa Wilms Montt is a writer from the early twentieth century. Throughout her life, she struggled to be a free woman, but ended up committing suicide.
48 Inquietudes sentimentales, by Teresa Wilms Montt.
49 Ana María Matute was one of Spain's greatest post-Civil War writers. She won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honor.
50 The term jitanjáfora, especially in Mexican Spanish, is used to describe a meaningless text which focuses on the sound of real and nonexistent words.
51 English philosopher, writer, and advocate of women’s rights. She died some days after the birth of her daughter, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
52 “Fear not, for on the fifth day our Lord will come to you.”
53 Medieval anthem translated by Jean Racine.
54 Britten wrote music for some of the medieval poems collected in the book The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems.
55 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, by Béla Bartók.
56 Vietnamese proverb.