The Medieval Latin Hymn

by Ruth Ellis Messenger

V. Hymns and Medieval Culture, especially Art, Drama, Literature and Music

Acta Sanctorum quotquot orbe coluntur ... collegit Joannes Bollandus etc., 1643 et seq.

Addison, J. T., Medieval Missionary. A study of the conversion of northern Europe A. D. 500-1300. New York, 1936. This book supersedes earlier works.

Allen, P. S., Romanesque lyric. Chapel Hill, 1928.

Altamira, R., History of Spanish Civilization, translated by P. Volkov. London, 1930.

Ante-Nicene fathers, vol. VIII. American Reprint. Buffalo, 1886. For Apocryphal books of the N. T.

Antiphonale monasticum pro diurnis horis ordinis Sancti Benedicti a solesmensibus monachis restitutum. Parisiis, Tornaci, Romae. 1935. For Gregorian music.

Apocryphal New Testament, edited by M. R. James. Oxford, 1924.

Blume, C., “Hymnologie und Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters”, in Festschrift f. Georg von Hertling. Kempten, 1913. Pp. 117-130.

Brehier, L., L’art chrétien. Paris, 1928. 2nd edition.

Brown, C., English lyrics of the 13th century. London, 1932.

——, Religious lyrics of the 14th century. Oxford, 1924.

——, Religious lyrics of the 15th century. Oxford, 1939.

——, Register of Middle English religious and didactic verse, Pt. II. Oxford, 1920.

Burdach, K., Vorspiel, Bd. I. Über den Ursprung des mittelalterlichen Minnesangs, Liebesromans und Frauendienstes. Halle S., 1925.

Chambers, E. K., Mediaeval Stage, 2 vols. Oxford, 1903.

Clark, J. M., The abbey of St. Gall as a center of literature and art. Cambridge, 1926.

Cohen, G., Histoire de la mise en scène dans le théatre religieux français du moyen âge. Paris, 1926. Fine bibliography.

Creizenach, W., Geschichte des neueren Dramas, vol. I. Halle, 1911.

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Delehaye, H., Les legendes hagiographiques. Bruxelles, 1905.

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Douglas, W. C., Church music in history and practice. New York, 1937.

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Fellerer, K. G., Beiträge zur Musikgeschichte Freisings etc. Freising, 1926.

Gams, Dom P. B., Die Kirchengeschichte von Spanien, 5 vols. Regensburg, 1862-1879.

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Strzygowski, J., Origin of Christian church art, translated by Dalton and Braunholtz. Oxford, 1923.

Taylor, H. O., The medieval mind, 2 vols. New York, 1914.

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——, “Der mozarabische Kirchengesang und seiner Überlieferung”, in Finke, H., Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Kulturgeschichte Spaniens, Reihe I, Bd. I, p. 102-141. Münster, 1928.

Ward, J. B., Gregorian Chant II. Belgium, 1949.

Wehrle, W. O., The macaronic hymn tradition in medieval English literature. Washington, D. C., 1933.

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Von Winterfeld, P., “Die Dichterschule St. Gallens und der Reichenau unter der Karolingern und Ottonen”, “Stilfragen der lateinischen Dichtung des Mittelalters”, Deutsche Dichter, p. 402-422, 423-444. München, 1922.

Woerdeman, Dom J., “The source of the Easter play”, Orate Fratres, 20 (1946), Apr. 25, p. 262-272.

Young, K., The drama of the medieval church, 2 vols. Oxford, 1933.

Ruth Ellis Messenger
Publications

Ethical Teachings in the Latin Hymns of Medieval England, Columbia Un. Studies in History, Economics and Public Law (New York, 1930) 210 p.

Articles

Papers of the Hymn Society of America, Editor, Carl F. Price, New York. No. III, “The Praise of the Virgin in Early Latin Hymns,” 1932, reprinted 1944, 10 p. No. IX, “Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries,” 1942, reprinted 1949, 25 p. No. XIV, “Latin Hymns of the Middle Ages,” 1948, 14 p.

Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association “Hymns and Sequences of the Sarum Use,” vol. 59 (1928) 99-129. Abstract: “Origin of the Sequence,” vol. 64 (1933) lxv-lxvi. “The Descent Theme in Medieval Latin Hymns,” vol. 67 (1936) 126-57. “Whence the Ninth Century Hymnal?,” vol. 69 (1938) 446-64. “Recent Studies in Medieval Latin Hymns,” vol. 71 (1940) 248-261. “The Mozarabic Hymnal,” vol. 75 (1944) 103-126. “Salve Festa Dies,” vol. 78 (1947) 208-222. “Medieval Processional Hymns before 1100,” vol. 80 (1949) 375-392. “Processional Hymns of the Later Middle Ages,” vol. 81 (1950) 185-199.

Miscellaneous articles Catholic Choirmaster “Notker Balbulus,” Sept. 1946, 101-5, 139. “Sancta Maria quid est?,” June, 1950, 59-61, 81. “Rabanus Maurus,” Summer, 1951, 55-57. Classical Outlook “Medieval Easter Hymns,” April, 1944, 65-6. “Adam of St. Victor,” Feb., 1947, 49-51. “Greek Hymns of the Nativity,” Dec., 1948, 25-6. “The Eighth Day,” May, 1950, 88-9. Classical Weekly “The Legend of St. Agnes in Early Latin Hymns,” Nov. 29, 1943, 75. “The Legend of St. Eulalia in Mozarabic Hymns,” Oct. 9, 1944, 12-3. “Hymns in the Horae Eboracenses,” Jan. 15, 1945, 90-5. Folia “Sources of the Sequence Scalam ad Caelos,” May, 1947, 55-63. “Classical Influence in the Hymns of St. Ambrose,” vol. 4, nos. 1-3 (1949) 1-5. “Aurelius Prudentius Clemens,” vol. 6, no. 2 (1952) 78-99. The Hymn “John Mason Neale, Translator,” Oct., 1951, 5-10. Speculum “Hymnista,” Jan., 1947, 83-4. Traditio “Mozarabic Hymns in Relation to Contemporary Culture in Spain,” vol. 4 (1946) 149-77.