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Mirandas parit hec urbs florentina puellas in quibus est species et summo fortuna nitore quale Helenam decus olim nos habuisse putamus: virginibus patriis talis florescit imago. At te precipuam genuit clarissima virgo: nam reliquas superas et luce et corpore nymphas ut socias splendore suas dea pulchra Diana vincit et integrior quacumque parte videtur.
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- 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), "Mirandas parit" [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Wonderful girls", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 53
Wonderful girls to whom this city of Florence gives birth! In them there shines brightest the bearing and good fortune which is like that beauty we believe Helen of old to have had; such an image blossoms in our homeland's maidens. But the most splendid Virgin bore you (my lady) especially, for you leave behind all other women, outdone by your brightness and figure, as the beautiful goddess Diana outdoes her companion nymphs in splendour and seems more perfect in every way.
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- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 82