Agnus Dei, 1969

Agnus Dei

Colin McCahon. '69. (pencil, b.r.)

AGNUS DEI / Lamb of God / QUI TOLLIS PEC- / ATA MUNDI / who / takest away the / miserere nobis. / sins of the world, have mercy on us.
AGNUS DEI, QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI. miserere nobis / Lamb of God, who / takest away the sins / of the world. Have mercy on us.
AGNUS DEI / QUI TOLLIS / PECCATA / MUNDI / dona / nobis / pacem.
Lamb of God, who takest / away the sins of the world GRANT US PEACE

1969 Written paintings and drawings: Colin McCahon
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
6/10/1969 - 17/10/1969

The text is from the Communion and Thanksgiving of the Catholic Mass, from the New Sunday Missal (Catholic Book Publishing Co, New York, 1961).