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Bede the Venerable — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:36-50

Patristic A.D. 735

Bede the Venerable · c. A.D. 672–735

“Alabaster is a kind of white marble tinged with various colours, which is generally used for vessels holding ointment, because it is said to be the best sort for preserving the ointment sweet.”

Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 7:36-50 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗

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