10397. Book of Common Prayer. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	10397
AUTHOR:	Book of Common Prayer
QUOTATION:	In the midst of life we are in death. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	The Burial Service.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
This is derived from a Latin antiphon, said to have been composed by Notker, a monk of St. Gall, in 911, while watching some workmen building a bridge at Martinsbrücke, in peril of their lives. It forms the groundwork of Luther’s antiphon “De Morte.” [back]

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