Agnus Dei (Barber) Agnus Dei (Barber) Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his "Adagio for Strings" (1936). In 1967, he set the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei, a part of the Mass, for mixed chorus with optional organ or piano accompaniment. The music, in B-flat minor, has a duration of about eight minutes. Barber's "Adagio for Strings" began as the second movement of his String Quartet, Op. 11, composed in 1936. At the request of Arturo Toscanini, he arranged it for string orchestra, and in January 1938 sent
Crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha cross. At the base of the cross, below the crucified figure, is a figure of Adam, and below that the inscription: FREDINANDUSREX<br>SANCIAREGINA indicating the commissioners of the work, King Ferdinand and Queen Sancha. The reverse of the cross bears plant figures, in the centre the Agnus Dei, and at the four extremities of the arms the symbols of the Four Evangelists. Crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha The crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha () is an ivory carving from "circa" 1063, today in the National Archaeological Museum of Spain. It was part of an offering by King Ferdinand I of León