O virga mediatrix

Mother and Son

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FORM Alleluia-verse for the Virgin
DIFFICULTY Low
LENGTH Short-Medium
VOCAL RANGE D4-E5
EDITION SOURCE Riesencodex f.473 verso
Alleluia!
O virga mediatrix,
sancta viscera tua
mortem superaverunt
et venter tuus 
omnes creaturas illuminavit
in pulchro flore 
de suavissima integritate
clausi pudoris tui orto.		 Alleluia!
O interceding bough,
Your holy organs
have conquered death
and your womb
has lit up all creation
as the lovely bloom that
germinated in the luscious untouched-ness
of your cloistered chastity.

Symphonia manuscript sources

Riesencodex folios 473 verso
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Editorial Notes

This is the only extant “Alleluia-verse” form only present in the Riesencodex.

Musical transcription by Allison Mondel
English translation by Hugh McElroy

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