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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Jumping in a little late here, sorry, but I have just reached a point in my own work where I could use some advice from the collective wisdom and experience of the list members. I am (as some of you know) working with a collection of 17th century sacred music. One of the pieces sets a text in honor of St Anthony. I have been unable to find correlations between this text and any standard liturgical or paraliturgical source materials available to me. Could people please take a look at this text and if there are any connections between it and any (pre-1650) materials, (even any not commonly associated with St Anthony) could point me to those? As usual, an enourmous THANK YOU to the list. Text and rough translation follows: (all spelling is from the source, repetitions have been eliminated. Any comments on the Latin or the translation would also be appreciated) Iubilemus exultemus diem festum celebremus in honorem Sancti Antoni. *_/let us rejoice let us be glad / let us celebrate the feast day / in honor of Saint Anthony/_* Cantate pueri reviviscentes psallite socii celo [caelo?] studentes canite Virgine [virgines?] Christo nubentes iubilate milites fidem tuentes _/*sing children brought back to life / sing psalms students eager for heaven /sing Virgin spouses of Christ / sing warriors defenders of the faith*/_ A patre luminem Divus Antonius qui pater omnibus diva sequentibus fulget miraculis _/*from the father of light / Holy Anthony / the father of all / who seek holiness / is bright with miracles*/_ Date voces organa citharizate citare in voce tubae corneae omnes gentes modulamini Antonium deprecamini dum festum eius agitis _/*give voice to the orgen / play the lyre / with the sound of the trumpet made of horn / all people sing / invoke Anthony / while celebrating his feast day */_ Cantate pueri reviviscentes psallite socii celo [caelo?] studentes canite Virgine [virgines?] Christo nubentes iubilate milites fidem tuentes Iubilemus exultemus diem festum celebremus in honorem Sancti Antoni. Alleluia. Andrew T. Kosciesza PhD Musicology candidate Rutgers University [log in to unmask] Assistant Professor of Music Montgomery County Community College [log in to unmask] Revd Gordon Plumb wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > Antony of Padua is usually shown with a book and lily with the infant > ~Jesus seated on the book. This is probably a reference to his fame as > a preacher (presumably of Christ). He is venerated as the finder of > lost objects, possibly (according to the Oxford Dictionary of Saints) > because a novice sho borrowed his psalter without permission was > obliged to return it because of a fearful apparition. Let those who > borrow books and do not return them beware! > > Gordon Plumb > > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it > to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the > message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order > to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, > visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html