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  • Desponsatio tua, Dei Genitrix Virgo, gaudium annuntiavit universo mundo: ex te enim ortus est Sol iustitiæ, Christus Deus noster: qui solvens maledictionem, dedit benedictionem: et confundens mortem, donavit nobis vitam sempiternam.

    23 January -- Festa in Desponsatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis John 2009

  • Desponsatio tua, Dei Genitrix Virgo, gaudium annuntiavit universo mundo: ex te enim ortus est Sol iustitiæ, Christus Deus noster: qui solvens maledictionem, dedit benedictionem: et confundens mortem, donavit nobis vitam sempiternam.

    Well, it's been a quiet week here at The Inn. . . . John 2009

  • Ortive is derived from ortiv-us, and ortus, or "rising," suggesting that ortus is "east."

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • The cardinal directions on Publicius's mnemonic diagram include septentrio, ortus, meridies, and occasus.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Simply for interest, I include a recording of a choir singing a song labeled Hostis Herodes impie; it is indeed the same tune as A solis ortus cardine.

    Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009

  • As a result of a question Derek asks on his blog, I've finally found the "longer alphabetic hymn" from which the Christmas and Epiphany Office hymns, A solis ortus cardine and Hostis Herodes impie were created.

    Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009

  • Don't forget, this is the same tune as that for the Latin hymn A solis ortus cardine, sung in English on this mp3 by the LLPB cantor.

    The Epiphany Office bls 2009

  • Don't forget, this is the same tune as that for the Latin hymn A solis ortus cardine, sung in English on this mp3 by the LLPB cantor.

    Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009

  • This hymn is a continuation of the hymn A solis ortus cardine and is used for Vespers on Epiphany.

    Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009

  • This hymn is a continuation of the hymn A solis ortus cardine and is used for Vespers on Epiphany.

    The Epiphany Office bls 2009

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