Traditional (attributed to Thomas of Celano)

8 works in the library.

Dies Irae

Traditional (attributed to Thomas of Celano) · 13th century

Sequence of the Requiem — Latin with William Josiah Irons's public-domain English. Day of wrath; judgment and mercy before the throne.

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Flos Carmeli

Traditional (attributed to St. Simon Stock) · 13th century

Carmelite sequence to Our Lady of Mount Carmel — Latin with public-domain English; the Scriptorium door into the brown scapular devotion.

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Qui habitat — Tract for the First Sunday of Lent

Traditional (Gregorian) · earliest Gregorian manuscripts

The Gregorian tract for the First Sunday of Lent, setting Psalm 90 — the psalm of protection, the terror of the night, and the noonday devil.

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Te Deum

Traditional (Ambrosian) · 4th–5th century

Ambrosian hymn of praise — Latin with traditional public-domain English. Thanksgiving on feasts, after victories of grace, and outside penitential seasons.

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Ubi Caritas

Traditional · 8th–12th century

Mandatum antiphon of Holy Thursday — Latin with traditional public-domain English. Where charity and love are, God is there.

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Veni Creator Spiritus

Traditional (attributed to Rabanus Maurus) · 9th century

Hymn to the Holy Spirit — Latin with Edward Caswall's public-domain English. Pentecost, ordinations, and whenever the Spirit must be invoked over a work.

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Veni Veni Emmanuel

Traditional (O Antiphons) · 12th–18th century

Advent hymn from the O Antiphons — Latin with John Mason Neale's public-domain English ("O Come, O Come, Emmanuel").

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Victimae Paschali Laudes

Wipo of Burgundy (attr.) · 11th century

Easter sequence — Latin with traditional public-domain English. Death and life in combat; Mary at the tomb; Christ risen, victor King.