O lumen ecclesiae (Pierre Bonhomme)

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• (Posted 2024-12-17)  CPDL #83120:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2024-12-17).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 94 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third. Source: MS Capp. Sist. 166. The source is partially illegible, particularly the rests, whose duration has in many cases therefore been deduced from the context.

General Information

Title: O lumen ecclesiae
Composer: Pierre Bonhomme
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SSAATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript 1647 in Cappella Sistina MS 166, no. 3
    Manuscript 1846 in SANT Hs 4280, no. 12
Description: Antiphon in honour of St Dominic.

Original text and translations

Latin text

O lumen ecclesiae,
doctor dignissime,
verae fidei propugnator,
legis Dominicae sectator,
defensor, amator,
doctor veritatis,
virtutum sol egregie,
laudabilis, mirabilis in sanctitate.
Age nunc exulta laetare
et iubila sanctorum in patria.