This CPDL Visitor ChoralWiki is a daily-updated read-only mirror of the main Contributor ChoralWiki.
To submit scores or edit pages at the Contributor ChoralWiki please click here (where you must register/login).

Virga Jesse floruit

From ChoralWiki

Revision as of 17:49, 14 January 2009 by Giulia tonelli (Talk | contribs)

(diff) ← Older revision | Current revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Jump to: navigation, search

The Tree of Jesse, 17th c., as depicted in the Athos Protaton

Traditional medieval text, based on Isaiah:11, stating that Jesus belongs to David's lineage (Jesse being King David's father).

Musical settings at CPDL

Texts and translations

Latin text

Virga Jesse floruit:
Virgo Deum et hominem genuit:
pacem Deus reddidit,
in se reconcilians ima summis.
Alleluja.

English translation
The rod of Jesse hath blossomed:
a Virgin hath brought forth God and man:
God hath restored peace,
reconciling in Himself the lowest with the highest.
Alleluia.