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Phoebi diem
verse beg. Phoebi diem fert orbita / plenum decoris gratia

  • Latin
  • verse

A Latin office hymn to St Brigit.

First words (verse)
  • Phoebi diem fert orbita / plenum decoris gratia
Manuscripts
Language
  • Latin
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 9 qq.
Textual relationships
Related: Ecce fulget clarissimaEcce fulget clarissimaLatin office hymn in praise of St Patrick.

Classification

Subjects

Brigit of Kildare
Brigit of Kildare
(c. 439/452–c. 524/526)
patron saint of Kildare, whose cult spread both within and outside of Ireland.
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson [eds.], The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 1: Text and introduction, Henry Bradshaw Society, 13, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.  
comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> – originally from Google Books: <link>
161 [‘Incipit ymnus sanctae Brigitae’] TCD 1441 text.
[ed.] Dreves, Guido Maria, Hymni inediti: liturgische Hymnen des Mittelaters aus Handschriften und Wiegendrucken, vierte Folge, Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, 19, Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1895.
Internet Archive: <link>
98 [id. 154. ‘De sancta Brigida’]

TCD 1441 text.

[ed.] Blume, Clemens [ed.], Die Hymnen des Thesaurus Hymnologicus H. A. Daniels und andere Hymnen-Ausgaben. I. Die Hymnen des 5.-11. Jahrhunderts und die Irisch-Keltische Hymnodie aus den ältesten Quellen, Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, 51, Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1908.
Internet Archive: <link>
320 [id. 242.] First quatrain only. The reader is referred to Dreves’ edition.

Secondary sources (select)

Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson, The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translation and notes, Henry Bradshaw Society, 14, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.  
comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation
Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books (missing: pp. 18-19, 86-87): <link>
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