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Hymnum dicat turba fratrum
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An early metrical Latin hymn (35 qq) on the life of Christ, written in trochaic tetrameter and attributed to St Hilary (fl. 4th century). The text is attested in a 7th-century Irish manuscript, the Bangor antiphoner, and became one of the most popular hymns in medieval Ireland.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll. 1. 10/ff. 2-99
rubric: Ymnum super euangelium christi et oratio sancti hieronimi et paulini incipit: YMNUM dicat turba fratrum ymnum [70]
f. 84r.1–
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441
context: Irish Liber hymnorum Incl. a preface (f. 6v).
ff. 6v–8r
MS
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS C 5 inf
rubric: Hymnus sancti Hilarii de Christo incipit: Hymnum dicat turba fr[atrum] [2] Hymn attributed to St Hilary, written in trochaic tetrametre. 35qq.
f. 3r–
Sources
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[ed.] Blume, Clemens, “Pars altera: Hymnodia Hiberno-Celtica saeculi V.IX.”, in: Clemens Blume [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, 51, Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1908. 257–364.
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263–264 (text); 265–271 (variants and notes)
[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
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[notes] 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
Volume 2: Translation
[ed.] Warren, Frederick E. [ed.], and W. Griggs, The antiphonary of Bangor: an early Irish manuscript in the Ambrosian Library at Milan, 2 vols, Henry Bradshaw Society, 4, 10, London: Harrison, 1893–1895.
Secondary sources (select)
Stevenson, Jane, “Irish hymns, Venantius Fortunatus and Poitiers”, in: Jean-Michel Picard (ed.), Aquitaine and Ireland in the Middle Ages, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1995. 81–110.
Ní Chatháin, Próinséas, “Aquitaine in Early Irish sources”, in: Jean-Michel Picard (ed.), Aquitaine and Ireland in the Middle Ages, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1995. 137–146.
Curran, Michael, The antiphonary of Bangor and the early Irish monastic liturgy, Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1984.
22–34
Kenney, James F., “Chapter III: The Irish church in the ‘Celtic’ period”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 156–287.
252
Bannister, Henry Marriott, “Irish hymns from liturgical fragments”, The Journal of Theological Studies 9:35 (1908): 422–427.
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
Volume 2: Translation
