Ducitur servus
TYPE | 1 - Chant-like Melody |
TOPIC | Religious |
TUNE STRUCTURE | motivic |
VERSE STRUCTURE | 1v 4l |
KEY SIGNATURE | Mode 6 |
TONAL CENTRE | F |
INCIPIT | GGAGGGAGABGA |
GENRE | Antiphon |
TEXT SOURCE | Christchurch Antiphonary: Office of St Patrick TCD MS 79, f. 161r |
TUNE SOURCE | as above |
FIRST LINE | Ducitur servus |
NOTATED INCIPIT |
Ducitur servus Christi Hiberniam paganorum classe ad insulam ubi in servitute positus suam Christo consecravit vitam.
The slave of Christ was led to the island of Ireland aboard a pagan ship where, thrown into slavery, he consecrated his life to Christ.