As the previous post on Passiontide Hymns was getting rather long, here is a second batch of less well known Passiontide Hymns.
One of the many manuscripts that are still available to us is the Salzinnes Antiphonal. Not only is this manuscript beautifully scanned but also has a menu tab that gives the text in easy to read modern fonts.
The Hymnum Dicamus Domino is an Ambrosian hymn, the text was later modified around the 17th c. to give the Hymnum canamus supplices. This Hymn is found in the Cantus Database and is used for Passion Sunday as either Matins or Vespers, the Invention of the Holy Cross (May 3rd) as Vespers or Lauds, and the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14th) In the Ambrosian breviary it is used for Vespers or Lauds Vespers on Holy Thursday, Lauds and Vespers on Good Friday and Lauds on Holy Saturday.
- Hymnum Dicamus Domino, Vespers and Matins (Salzinnes Antiphonal)
- Hymnum Dicamus Domino, Vespers and Matins (Salzinnes Antiphonal) modified for easier singing.
- Hymnum canamus supplices, Ambrosian (older edition)
The Crux Fidelis is part of the longer Pange Lingua (Crux Fidelis), Selected verses have been taken to form a compline hymn in the Salzinnes Antiphonal. More on the Pange Lingua can be found here Passiontide Hymns and Good Friday Hymns.
Crux Fidelis Salzinnes Antiphonal Compline hymn
This Vexilla Regis is part of a longer hymn of the same name, Six verses of the ten have been chosen to from a hymn for Terse in the Salzinnes Antiphonal. More on the Vexilla Regis can be found here Passiontide Hymns and Good Friday Hymns.
Vexilla Regis, Terse Hymn from the Salzinnes Antiphonal
The Lauds Hymn in the Salzinnes Antiphonal uses verse 5 onwards of the Hymnum dicamus domino laudes above.
The Rex Christe Factor Omnium is found in the Liturgical Year, Dom Prosper Gueranger. It is an Office Hymn found in the Ancient Roman French Missals. According to the Cantus index it was used for a variety of the Hours including Lauds.
The Sarum Antiphonal has the following Hymn for use at Compline during Passiontide
Cultor Dei Memento, Sarum Compline Hymn for Passiontide
Our Final hymn is the Salve Crux, Office Hymn for the Feast of the Holy Cross, suggested in the Antiphonal 1949 as suitable for use in Passiontide. This is used in the Dominican and Monastic Breviary. We will write more on this Hymn on the Feasts of the Holy Cross.
Society of St Bede 