Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
A solis ortus cardine (Translations and Structural Variants)
History
An index of the nineteenth-century English and German translations of Coelius Sedulius's hymn, detailing the …
Ad coenam Agni providi
Hymnology
A comprehensive text-critical history of the ancient Latin Easter Vesper hymn, charting its earliest manuscri…
Ad regias Agni dapes
History
A publication registry of the classicized Roman Breviary revision of the Easter hymn 'Ad coenam Agni providi,…
Adam of St. Victor
Hymnology
A biographical and text-critical overview of Adam of St. Victor, the premier Latin sequence writer of the twe…
Adoro Te devote, latens Deitas
History
Detailed history of St. Thomas Aquinas's famous Eucharistic hymn "Adoro Te devote," tracing its origins, litu…
Aeterna Christi munera, Et martyrum victorias
History
Comprehensive entry for the ancient Ambrosian hymn "Aeterna Christi munera," covering its original form for M…
Aeterne Rex altissime, Redemptor
History
Comprehensive entry for the Ascension hymn "Aeterne Rex altissime, Redemptor," exploring its complex authorsh…
Aeterni Festi gaudia and Aeterni Patris Unice
History
Hymnological profile of two notable Latin texts: Adam of St. Victor's sequence "Aeterni Festi gaudia" for St.…
Hymnum canentes martyrum
Hymnology
A publication, structural, and translation history of the Venerable Bede's hymn for the Holy Innocents, notin…