by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sibylla Hellespontiaca
Language: Latin
Dum meditor quondam, vidi decorare puellam Eximio castam, quod se servaret honore Munera digna suo et divino numine visa, Quae sobolem multo pareret splendore micantem Progenies summi speciosa et vera tonantis Pacifica mundum, qui sub ditione gubernet.
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 Hellespontiaca", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 8. [text verified 1 time]
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 de l'Hellespont", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Hellespontine Oracle (of the Dardanelles)", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 37