Duccio di Buoninsegna, The Pact of Judas, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, 1308-11Seniores populi consilium fecerunt,
The elders of the people plotted together
ut Iesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent:
to have Jesus arrested by some trick, and to put him to death:
cum gladiis et fustibus exierunt tamquam ad latronem.
with swords and cudgels they went out as if against a robber.
Collegerunt pontifices et pharisaei concilium.
The priests and pharisees conferred together.
To listen to Tomás Luis de Victoria, Seniores populi, performed by The Sixteen, Harry Christophers conducting, while following the text in Latin and English, right-click here, then left-click on "Open in New Window." Then arrange windows.
