Shades of Grey

December 31, 2007

Sum novus ut pura puer ortus virgine Christus. Sic tibi sit foelix hic novus annus. homo.

Filed under: Culture — Shades @ 6:00 pm

16th century woodcut, Original in Prague, Adalbert Ritter von Lanna Collection: Wikipedia Commons, Public Domain

By the way, the Latin translates as:

I am as new as Christ child born of a virgin pure, Mortal, may your new year be just as happy and sure.

I don’t claim the former, but wish you the latter!

Happy New Year from Ian and Karen

7 Comments »

  1. Happy New Year to you and your family, Ian.

    Comment by Andrew Allison — December 31, 2007 @ 6:57 pm

  2. Happy New Year, Ian!

    Comment by jams o donnell — December 31, 2007 @ 7:33 pm

  3. That’s lovely, Shades, and a lovely photo of you two as well. Buon anno from Sicily xx

    Comment by Welshcakes Limoncello — December 31, 2007 @ 9:31 pm

  4. A Happy New Year to you and yours, Ian.

    Comment by the Splund — December 31, 2007 @ 11:55 pm

  5. Happy New Year to you and your family Ian. Looking very spiffy there, the two of you.

    Comment by jmb — January 1, 2008 @ 7:21 am

  6. Happy New Year Ian and family

    Comment by pj — January 1, 2008 @ 10:29 am

  7. Happy New Year Ian! That’s one cheeky grin.

    Comment by Beaman — January 1, 2008 @ 1:56 pm

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