T017 Castra caeli dum transcendo

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Castra caeli dum transcendo
Reference sources: 

Full text: I-Mfd 1, ff. 99v-100r
Translation: Eva Ferro

Full text: 

Castra caeli dum transcendo,
Mente pura dum perpendo
Quae sit pax secura
Maria.

Velum templi clam despexi,
Pacis arcam te conspexi,
Dulcis creatura
Maria.

 

English translation: 

I transcend the fields of Heaven, when I examine with a pure Mind what fearless peace is, o Mary.

I secretly despised the veil of the temple, I observed you, arc of peace, o sweet creature Mary.

Subject: 
BVM
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Marian feasts and observances
Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Sequence De Beata Maria V., AH 54, No. 237, pp. 374-375, st. 1-2; MONE 2, No. 557, p. 360.

Literature: 
GASSER 2001
, 385
Further notes: 

T018 is the continuation of this text.

Motets with this text

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
I-Mfd 1
099v-100r 		Castra caeli dum transcendo
ID: M017 		F. G.
Gaffurius, Franchinus 		- C07 Castra caeli dum transcendo
T017 Castra caeli dum transcendo