Ave regina coelorum

Ave regina coelorum. Anon. [B. V. M.] This text is celebrated as one of the four principal seasonal Marian Antiphons of the Western Church (alongside Alma Redemptoris Mater, Regina Caeli, and Salve Regina). Among the historical manuscripts preserved in the British Museum, it is found in the 12th-century St. Alban's Book (Royal MS. 2 A. x. f. 62) and in a 14th-century Sarum Breviary (Royal MS. 2 A. xiv. f. 235 b). It also appears in the printed York Breviary of 1493 (1883 reprint, volume ii, page 493) and in the early Roman Breviary published at Modena in 1480 (folio 512). The standard edited text printed in Hermann Adalbert Daniel's Thesaurus Hymnologicus (volume ii, page 319) is derived from a 13th-century Munich manuscript alongside other early medieval liturgical sources.

Translations in Common Use:

Hail, O Queen of Heaven enthroned. Translated by Edward Caswall in his Lyra Catholica (1849, page 39) in 8 lines, and reprinted in his Hymns & Poems (1873, page 23). This translation is widely used in Roman Catholic hymnals compiled for schools, parochial missions, and general devotional services.

Translations not in Common Use:

Hail, thou mighty Queen of heaven. Translated by J. R. Beste and published in his Church Hymns (1849, page 66).