Becket, Thomas, ? 1118-1170 (Saint)

Contents This section contains noted services or antiphons, titled In Natale S. Thome Cantuariensis Archiepiscopi et Martyris, which suggests they were for use on the birthday or feast day of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, also known as Thomas Becket.Musically they are quite various, but most of the antiphons seem to be elaborations of the Gloria melodies that follow each of them in the manuscript. The Use is undetermined, but...

Contents The prayers are preceded on f. 65v by the rubric Hec septem gaudia sequencia beata maria revelant sancto Thome canterbuariensi episcopo et dixit ei qui mecum iste gaudiis cotidie honoraverit huic apparebo in fine vite sue et ei gaudia eterna inpetrabo. 'The Seven Joys of the Virgin' are the counterpart of the 'Seven sorrows'. They are a set of devotional prayers which were very popular in the Middle Ages. This version is attributed to Saint Thomas of...