Non nobis

For the unrelated Latin motto, see Non nobis solum.

The Latin expression is inscribed on the façade of the Ca' Vendramin Calergi, a 15th-century Renaissance palace built for Andrea Loredan.[1] The verse hence became a motto of the Loredan family as a whole.[2]

Non nobis is the incipit and conventional title of a short Latin Christian hymn used as a prayer of thanksgiving and expression of humility. The Latin text is from the Vulgate translation of the Book of Psalms, Psalm 113:9 in Vulgate / Greek numbering (Psalm 115:1 in Hebrew numbering): Nōn nōbīs, Domine, nōn nōbīs, sed nōminī tuō dā glōriam (KJV: "Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to thy name give the glory"[3]).

  1. ^ Berendt, John (2005). The City of Falling Angels. p. 111.
  2. ^ "The strange inscription on Palazzo Vendramin Calergi on the Grand Canal in Venice". venetoinside.com. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  3. ^ "Psalm numbers". www.psalmen.wursten.be.