1300c Blessed Virgin Mary Seven Sorrows ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT 2 Side Parchment

Illuminated vellum (lamb skin) parchment manuscript leaf - 2 sides - Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Seven Sorrows.

Psalm 63.

The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows grew in popularity in the 12th century, although under various titles. Some writings would place its roots in the eleventh century, especially among the Benedictine monks. The first altar to the Mater Dolorosa was set up in 1221 at the Cistercian monastery of Schouml

Ecce Homo and Mater Dolorosa Diptych, c. 1491 to 1520.

The formal feast of the Our Lady of Sorrows was originated by a provincial synod of Cologne in 1423.

It was designated for the Friday after the third Sunday after Easter and had the title: Commemoratio angustiae et doloris B. Mariae V.

Its object was the sorrow of Mary during the Crucifixion and Death of Christ.

Before the sixteenth century this feast was limited to the dioceses of North Germany, Scandinavia, and Scotland.

According to Fr. William Saunders, in 1482, the feast was officially placed in the Roman Missal under the title of Our Lady of Compassion, highlighting the great love our Blessed Mother displayed in suffering with her Son.

The word compassion derives from the Latin roots cum and patior which means "to suffer with".

An annual Our Lady of Sorrows procession in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn is a tradition begun in the 1940s by immigrants from Mola di Bari, celebrating their hometown patroness