Tria sunt munera

General information

Fifth antiphon at Lauds of the feast of the Epiphany.

Notes on selected settings

• Juan Esquivel SSATB first line only
• Tiburtio Massaino SSAATTB (expanded variant, given on workpage)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Jan Tollius — Tria sunt munera  Latin SSTTB

Text and translations

Latin text Tria sunt munera quae obtulerunt Magi Domino: aurum ut Regi Magno, thus ut Filio Dei, myrrham ut homini Christo sepulturam. Alleluia

English translation Three are the gifts which the wise men offered to the Lord Gold, that he is the great king, Frankincense, that he is the Son of God, Myrrh to signify the human Christ's burial. Alleluia.

External links

• in the 1933 Dominican Antiphonarium] at Gregobase