by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
O gemma, lux et speculum Matches base text
Language: Latin
Our translations: 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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "O gemma, lux et speculum", c1434 [ vocal quartet ], isorhythmic motet
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "O jewel, light and mirror", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-08
Line count: 41
Word count: 120