Praying the Regina Coeli with Art: This Week's Image

During the Easter season, we traditionally replace the Angelus prayer with the Regina Coeli. And so Call to Prayer: The Angelus Project will feature images of the Coronation of the Virgin in place of the usual Annunciation.

This week's Coronation is from an illuminated manuscript, where Jesus and Mary are enthroned atop the letter V. Jesus' feet are resting (almost) on a surprisingly well-executed depiction of an elephant. (One wonders how the illuminator managed such a feat, given the paucity of models in Croatia where this manuscript is found.) 

Image from the Franciscan monastery of Zadar (Croatia); photograph by Claire Stracke,
shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. 

From Easter to Pentecost, pray the Regina Coeli (in place of the Angelus) three times a day: morning, noon and evening.

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, Alleluia!
R. For he whom you deserved to bear, Alleluia!
Has risen as he said, Alleluia!
R. Pray for us to God, Alleluia! 

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia!
For the Lord has truly risen, Alleluia!

Let us pray:
O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
grant, we beseech thee, that through the intercession of his Mother, the Virgin Mary,
we may obtain the joys of everlasting life.
Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.