by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
O gemma, lux et speculum
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): ENG
triplum O gemma, lux et speculum Totum perlustrans saeculum, Vas almum Italiae. Modo praesens oraculum Tuum trahat spectaculum Nostrum in levamine! Sponte relinquens Graeciam Duceris in Apuliam Barinam gubernando. Ab hoste tuens patriam Coelestem tu per gloriam Inhabitas laetando. Pro expulsis languoribus Fugatisque daemonibus Populis en jubilat. Exhaltis clamoribus Manat liquor marmoribus: Liniti gradiuntur, Priscis dantur fervoribus Qui carebant jam motibus, Salutem sortiuntur. Motetus Sacer pastor Barensium, Regule pontificium, Nicolae praesul, audi Has voces supplicantium Conferendo praesidium, Ut hiscant tuae laudi! Abstulisti opprobia, Talenti fulvi gratia, Tunc duplam reddidisti. Et Deo caeli serviens Et populo subveniens Cereres impartisti. In marisque naufragio Plebes in te devotio Succrescit et collata Habet vires oratio Ac per te fraudis actio Discedit in se data.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "O gemma, lux et speculum", c1434 [ vocal quartet], isorhythmic motet [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "O jewel, light and mirror", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
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Word count: 120