Laus Angelica
Subtitle: poetry in the medieval mass
By: by Gunilla Iversen ; edited by Jane Flynn ; translated by William Flynn
Contributors: Flynn, Jane, 1958-; Flynn, William T., 1956-
Series: Medieval church studies -- v. 5; Medieval church studies -- v. 5.
Publisher: Brepols
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9782503531335
Subjects: History; Medieval and modern Latin poetry; Latin Religious poetry; Liturgy; Mass; Church history; Catholic Church; Tropes (Music); Gregorian chants; History and criticism; Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern); Texts; Liturgy and poetry; Medieval Poetry; Church music; Celebration
Work titles: Chanter avec les anges
Notes: Translation of: Chanter avec les anges : poésie dans la messe médiévale (Paris : Cerf, 2001).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. New lyric genres in the medieval Mass; title: Encountering the sacred : medieval interpretations of the Mass introit; title: To sing with the prophets : tropes for the antiphon of the Mass introit; title: Kyrie eleison : bilingual prayer and chanted incense; title: Gloria in excelsis Deo : the hymn of the angels; title: To sing with the host of angels : sequences of the early period; title: In praise of the Virgin Mary : sequences of the twelfth century; title: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus : the hymn of the angels and mankind in praise of the Trinity; title: Agnus Dei : prayer to the Lamb of God, praise to the King of Angels; title: Symphony of the celestial harmony : liturgical language and Hildegard's poetry; title: Singing with angels : heavenly music in liturgical poetry.