Florens iuventus virginis

Source: Guido Maria Dreves and Clemens Blume, eds., Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, Vol. 45b. Cantiones et Motetten des Mittelalters. (Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1904), pp. 131-3, #163, In Nativitate Domini.

3a. In fine virgo temporis 
Membris tumescit teneris 

3b. Viro perfecti corporis 
In forma nostri generis.

4a. O patris 
Mira benignitas ! 

4b. O matris 
Praecelsa dignitas ! 

5a. Quae pro salute hominum 
Caeli regem et dominum 
Sacrato fovet gremio,

5b. Quem ordines angelici 
Laudant, adorant caelici 
Cives in regni praemio. 

6a. O Maria, 
Virgo pia, 
Orta dia 
Ex regia 
Progenie. 

6b. Expers maris, 
Deum paris, 
Portus maris 
Salutaris, 
Spes veniae.

7a. In cuius laude deficit 
Mens, lingua, sensus, ratio, 

7b. Sed laus haec eius reficit 
Caelesti nos solacio.

8a. Quae sola 
Praebens solacia 

8b. Est schola 
Docens veracia. 

9a. Scientia cum artibus, 
Orationis partibus 
Hanc cuncta laudant grammata,

9b. Rhethorica cure floribus 
Venustisque coloribus 
Ac logicae sophismata. 

10a. Dignare me 
Laudare te, 
O sanctissima domina,

10b. Libro scribi 
Vitae tibi 
Fae devotorum nomina. 

11a. Tu trinitatis templum, 
Exemplum iustitiae, 
Tu renatis 
Sanctitatis 
Speculum. 

11b. Tu rosa sine spina 
Et via munditiae, 
Tu sol lustrans 
Et illustrans 
Saeculum. 

12a. Ductrix gregis, 
Doctrix legis 
Gratiae, 
Patris honor, 
Carmen conor 
Condere.

12b. Sis indulgens, 
Clara fulgens 
Facie, 
Mei memor, 
Culpae premor 
Pondere. 

13a. Sed vitia, 
Flagitia 
Tu relaxare propera, 

13b. Ut Domino, 
Quem nomino, 
Mea grata sint opera. 

14a. Ambitio, 
Traditio, 
Seditio, 
Dire ne vulnus sauciat, 

14b. Ora Deum 
Placans eum, 
Ne me reum 
Inferni Styx deglutiat. 

15a. Ergo, columna 
Misericordiae, 

15b. Pacis alumna, 
Basis concordiae, 

16a. Me non ob reatum 
Despice, 
Respice 
Pietatis oculo, 

16b. Virtute beatum 
Effice, 
Refice 
Vivi fontis poculo. 

17a. Mater misericordiae, 

17b. Spes et salus veniae, 

18a. Bonitas immensa, 
Plena Dei gratia, 
Me patris in mensa 
Pane vitae satia. 

18b. Dat pauper amicus. 
Carmen tibi mellicum, 
Postulat mendicus 
A te donum caelicum. 

19a. Salva multis annis, 
Sis nobis perennis 
Vita, veritas, via, 

19b. Ut post finem vitae 
Sortiamur rite 
Sempiterna bravia.

20a. Sit laus Deo patri 
Natoque victoria, 

20b. Per quem suae matri 
Magna datur gloria. 

21a. Nos amborum pneuma 
Erigat, 
Dirigat, 
Cura regat sedula, 

21b. Ut melodum neuma 
Intonet, 
Personet 
Per aeterna saecula. 

 Dreves notes: 

Piae Cantiones 1582 fol. C 3 a. (Klemming II, 22 ff. als “H y m n u s".) — Dies Lied ist ein umgeändertes Marienlied, das sich im wesentlichen leicht herstellen läfst. — 3b, 1 Virum. — 5a, 1 Qui pro salure. — 6b, 2 Portum. — 6b, 5 Spem. — 7b, 1 Et schola. — 9a, 1 Scientiam. — 9a, 3 Hunc. — 9b, 1 Rhetoricaam. — 10a, 3 Christe, nate ex domina. — 11b, 1 Tu fehlt. — 12a, 1 Ductor. — 12a, 2 Doctor. — 13b, 1 Orans. — 17a, 1 Pater misericordiae. — 19a, 1 sq. Der falsche Reim schmeckt nach dem Überarbeiter. — 21 b, 1 Et melodum.

Editor's Note:

"Klemming II" refers to Gustaf Edvard Klemming, ed., Piæ Cantiones. S. Trinitatas; Jesus Christus; S. Spiritus; S. Maria. Holmiæ. 1886.

Sheet Music and Notes from Rev. George R. Woodward, ed., Piæ Cantiones. A Collection of Church & School Song, chiefly Ancient Swedish, originally Published in A. D. 1582 by Theodoric Petri of Nyland. (London: Printed at the Chiswick Press for the Plainsong & Medieval Music Society, 1910), Carol #66, pp. 138-149, Notes p. 258.

Notes:

See: The Christmas Songs in Woodward's Piæ Cantiones (1910)

See generally: Theodoric Petri, ed., Piæ Cantiones Ecclesiasticae et Scholasticae Veterum Episcoporum. (Gyphisuualdiæ: Augustinum Ferberum, 1582)

See also: G. E. Klemming, ed., Piae Cantiones. S. Trinitas. Iesus Christus. S. Spiritus. S Maria. (1886), pp. 23-8. Klemming cites Piae Cantiones, p. 13. Klemming was a primary source for many scholars, including Dreves, Woodward and others.

Some sources of Latin hymns found in Piae Cantiones:

• Guido Maria Dreves and Clemens Blume, eds., Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, Vol. 1.  Cantiones Bohemicae. (Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1886).

• Guido Maria Dreves and Clemens Blume, eds., Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, Vol. 45b. Cantiones et Motetten des Mittelalters. (Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1904).

• George Ratcliffe Woodward, Piae Cantiones: A Collection of Church & School Song, chiefly Ancient Swedish, originally published in A.D. 1582 by Theodoric Petri of Hyland. (London: Chiswick Press for the Plainsong & Medieval Music Society, 1910).

• Sheet music for some hymns can be found in George Ratcliffe Woodward, The Cowley Carol Book, First & Second Series. Table Of Contents. (London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., ca. 1902, 1912).

• Translations of some carols can be found in John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore, eds., Carols for Christmas-tide (London: Novello, 1853). By the same authors was Carols for Easter-tide (1854).

• Translations and sheet music for some hymns can be found in Charles L. Hutchins, ed., Carols Old and Carols New (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916).

• Scans of individual pages from Piæ Cantiones (in the Adobe PDF format) can be downloaded from Facsimiles Piae Cantiones (http://www.spielleut.de/facs_piae_cantiones.htm; accessed June 15, 2009).

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