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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
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Assistant Professor of Music
Montgomery County Community College
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Revd Gordon Plumb wrote:
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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
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