The Medieval Latin Hymn

by Ruth Ellis Messenger

[18.] See translation by H. C. Robbins, 1939, “Most High, Omnipotent, Good Lord.”

[19.] For a brief account, see J. Pulver, “Laudi spirituali,” Musical Opinion, March, 1938, 503-4; April, 1938, 602-3; May, 1938, 691-2.

[20.] See [Bibliography] for these titles.

[21.] Dom Jean Stéphan, The Adeste fideles, “Publications,” Buckfast Abbey, South Devon, England, 1947. Translation, Frederick Oakeley.

[22.] M. Britt, Hymns of the Breviary and Missal (New York, 1922, 1948), a standard and indispensable work.

Bibliography

I. Bibliographies

Leclercq, L., Article “Hymnes”, Dictionnaire d’archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie. Contains extensive bibliography upon the subject of medieval hymnology.

Farrar, C. P. and Evans, A. P., Bibliography of English Translations from medieval sources. New York, 1946. Hymns, 2025-2045.

Raby, F. J. E., History of Christian-Latin poetry from the beginning to the close of the Middle Ages. Oxford, 1927. Bibliography classified by authors and periods.