Ah, well put JKP. Mary is indeed a beginning, so to speak. And from the medieval Christian perspective, the cross is much more of a beginning than an end as well. The genesis of the church through Christ's death.
If the Maria-Omega hypothesis is true, then this charm is indeed more complex than we initially thought, and I would agree that it betrays a similar mindset as shines through in the rest of the MS.
If the Maria-Omega hypothesis is true, then this charm is indeed more complex than we initially thought, and I would agree that it betrays a similar mindset as shines through in the rest of the MS.