Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Christianity - Other, Lyric

Authors: John Mason Neale In Year : 1851

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences

Introduction
Pange lingua gloriosi. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580.
Vexilla Regis prodeunt. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580.
*Apparebit repentina magna Dies Domini. Seventh century.
*Sancti, venite, Corpus Christi sumite. Seventh century.
*Hymnum canentes Martyrum. Venerable Bede. Died 735.
Urbs beata Jerusalem. Eighth century.
Gloria, laus, et honor. St. Theodulph of Orleans. Died 821.
Tibi, Christe, Splendor Patris. B. Hrabanus Maurus. Died 856.
*Lauda, Mater Ecclesia. St. Odo of Cluny.
*Chorus Novæ Jerusalem. B. Fulbert of Chartres. Died about 1029.
*Audi nos, Rex Christe. Eleventh century.
*Gravi me terrore pulsas, vitæ dies ultima. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072.
*Crux mundi benedictio. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072.
*Cives Cœlestis Patriæ. Marbodus of Rennes. Died 1125.
Lætabundus. St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Died 1153.
*Hic breve vivitur. Bernard of Cluny. Twelfth century.
*Patris Sapientia, Bonitas Divina. Twelfth century.
*Cœnam cum discipulis. Twelfth century.
*Jucundare, plebs fidelis. Adam of St. Victor. Died about 1180.
*Ecce dies celebris. Adam of St. Victor.
*Zyma vetus expurgetur. Adam of St. Victor.
*Laudes Crucis attollamus. Adam of St. Victor.
*Quam dilecta tabernacula. Adam of St. Victor.
*In hoc anni circulo. Apparently of the twelfth century.
O Filii et Fillæ. Apparently of the twelfth century.
*Surrexit Christus hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century.
*Finita jam sunt prœlia. Apparently of the twelfth century.
*Jam pulsa cedunt nubilia. Apparently of the twelfth century.
*Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. Apparently of the twelfth century.
*Cœlos ascendit hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century.
*Ecce tempus est vernale. Thirteenth century.
Adoro Te devote, latens Deitas. St. Thomas Aquinas. Died 1274.
Pange lingua gloriosi. St. Thomas Aquinas.
Alleluia, dulce carmen. Thirteenth century.
*Dies est lætitiæ. Thirteenth century.
*Cedant justi signa luctus. Fourteenth century.
*Novi partus gaudium.
*Omnis fidelis gaudeat.
*Gloriosi Salvatoris. Fifteenth century.
*O beata beatorum.
*Tandem fluctus, tandem luctus.
*Attolle paullum lumina. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.
*Exite, Sion Filliæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.
*Huc ad jugum Calvariæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.
*Triumphe! plaudant maria. Fifteenth or sixteenth century.

This book is a collection of English translations of medieval Latin hymns. It contains interesting historical and/or liguistic facts about each hymn, some of which are still used in one form or other in the modern Christian church.

Note: An asterisk implies a belief that the piece so marked has not previously appeared in an English translation. (The Author) - Summary by Devorah Allen