Gloria, laus et honor

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Lang". is a Christian hymn composed and written by Theodulf of Orléans between 810 and 817, and sung as a processional for Palm Sunday, based on the story of Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem before his passion and death. It was most likely composed by Theodulph of Orléans in the early ninth century.[1] The modern English hymn "All Glory, Laud and Honour" is based on a translation of this text.

Text

Below are the words of the hymn as found in the Graduale Novum.[2]


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Meter

The text is set in elegiac couplets, with each couplet comprising the traditional dactylic hexameter and dactylic pentameter. This use of this classical meter was uncommon in Christian hymn writing at the time.[3]

References

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  1. Szövérffy, J., "Gloria, Laus et Honor," in New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 241-242, Vol. 6, Detroit: Gale, 2003.
  2. Graduale Novum I: de Dominicis et Festis, Regensburg: ConBrio Verlagsgesellschaft, 2011, 99-101.
  3. Strittmatter, Eugene J., "Classical Elements in the Roman Liturgy," The Classical Journal 18, no. 4 (1923): 195-196, https://www.jstor.org/stable/3288702.

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