The Medieval Latin Hymn

by Ruth Ellis Messenger

Wells, J. E., Manual of the writings in middle English 1050-1400. New Haven, 1916.

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.