Surrexit christus hodie lyrics to how great

translated as:
For human solace, Christ today
Today the victor o’er his foes
Jesus Christ is risen today
with Sing we to our God above

adapted as: 
Christ the Lord is risen today

with
EASTER HYMN (SALISBURY)
LLANFAIR

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Text: Latin Origins

This Latin resurrection text of unknown authorship can be traced to three important manuscripts from the 14th century. All three were compiled into a critical edition by F.J. Mone, in his Lateinische Hymnen des Mittelalters, vol.

Surrexit christus hodie lyrics to how great

1 (1853), no. 143, p. 195 (Fig. 1).

1. A manuscript from Kloster Engelberg in Switzerland (I. 4/25), dated to 1372, contains the longest text, which corresponds to stanzas 1–3, 5–7, 9, and 11, shown in Fig. 1.

2. A 14th century manuscript at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich (Clm.

Surrexit christus hodie lyrics to how great things

5539, f. 142) has the same text as in Engelberg, but only stanzas 1–3, 5, 7, and 9. This source is described as bearing a melody.

3. A 14th century manuscript at t