Sibylla Agrippa

Summus erit sub carne satus clarissimus atque Virginis
Et vere complevit1 viscera sanctum
Verbum consilio sine noxa spiritus almi,
Despectus multis tamen ille salutis amore
Arguet et nostra commissa piacula culpa,
Cuius honos constans et gloria certa manebit.

Translation(s): ENG FIN FRE

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¹ could be "complebit"?

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Authorship

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources. [ 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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Sibylla Agrippa", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 13. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Sibylle Agrippa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Agrippan Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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