DETAILS
| FORM | Antiphon for the Virgin |
| DIFFICULTY | Medium |
| LENGTH | Medium |
TRANSLATION
| O quam magnum miraculum est quod in subditam femineam formam rex introivit. Hoc Deus fecit quia humilitas super omnia ascendit. Et o quam magna felicitas est in ista forma, quia malicia, que de femina fluxit hanc femina postea detersit et omnem suavissimum odorem virtutum edificavit ac celum ornavit plus quam terram prius turbavit. |
Oh what a great miracle that the king entered into the humble body of a woman. God did this because lowliness rises above everything. And O! what incredible blessing there is in that body since the ills that flowed from a woman [Eve] a woman [Mary] later wiped clean and raised up the sweetest scent of all the virtues and adorned heaven, even more than she [Eve] had cast the Earth into disorder. |
Musical transcription by Allison Mondel
Latin translation by Hugh McElroy
Version 1.0
Last Updated 12.7.20
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