Capital Seventy-one

Jesus began his Sermon on the Mount with the eight Beatitudes, introducing the New Law in contrast to the Old Law of the Old Testament. In the Gospel of Matthew direct contrasts were made between the teachings of Jesus and the traditions of Judaism. After the sermon Jesus entered the city of Capernaum and began working miracles for Jews and Gentiles.

Inscribed:
Blessed are the poor in spirit.
Blessed are those who hunger.
Blessed are the meek.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the merciful.
Blessed are the pure of heart.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God.
Blessed are they who suffer persecution.

Biblical source: Matthew 5:1-11, Luke 6:17-23

East View Inscribed: BEATI PAVP[ER]ES SP[IRIT]V BEATI Q[V]I ESVRIVNT	South View Inscribed: B[EAT]I PACIFICI Q[VONIAM] F[ILII] D[EI] V[OCABVNTVR] B[EAT]I Q[V]I P[ER]SECVTIONE[M] P[ATIVNTVR]
West View Inscribed: B[EAT]I MISERICORDES B[EAT]I CORDE MVNDO	North View Inscribed: BEATI MITTES BEATI Q [V]I LVGENT Q[VONIAM] I[S]T[I] C[ON]SOLABV[NTVR]

DETAILS
Detail: North view: Left preaching figure.	Detail: North view: Right preaching figure.	Detail: South view: Right preaching figure.	Detail: East view: impost with vines and face.

Matthew 5:1-11

¹ Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to him.
² And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
³ Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
⁴ Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
⁵Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
⁷ Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
¹⁰ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
¹¹ Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
¹² Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 6:17-23

¹⁷ And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases;
¹⁸ and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.
¹⁹ And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came forth from him and healed them all.
²⁰ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said:
Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
²¹ Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied.
Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.
²² Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man!
²³ Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Revised Standard Version.
Inscriptions based on Robert Favereau, Jean Michaud, and Bernadette Leplant, Corpus des Inscriptions de la France Medievale. Vol. 8, Ariege, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Tarn-et-Garonne. Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1982.