Vidit Jacob scalam (Thomas Crecquillon)

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Editor: Charles H. Giffen (added 2005-03-11).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 287 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Vidit Jacob scalam
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Feast of the Dedication of a Church. 5th Antiphon at Matins.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text Vidit Jacob scalam,
Summitas ejus caelos tangebat,
Et Angelos descendentes,
Et dixit: Vere locus iste sanctus est. Alleluia.

English.png English translation Jacob saw a ladder,
the top of which reached to heaven,
and angels descending on it.
And he said: Surely this place is holy. Alleluia.

Genesis 28:12,17