I have some questions about Liber Hymnarius, so I've started this topic.
Regarding authorship of the hymns, the Index Alphabeticus at the end provides some information, but I haven't been able to interpret it correctly.
1-)When a name is referred, is the person the author of both music and text or only one of those?
2-)Similarly, when a date is referred, is it the date of the composition of the text, music or both?
Also, I've read somewhere about Anselmo Lentini being the author of some of the hymns. His name is mentioned in small letters at the Index Alphabeticus:
"Auctor vel origo hymnorum indicatur inter uncinos, secundum librum Te decet laus, auctore Anselmo Lentini"
Though I haven't studied Latin, I read it as: "author or origin of the hymns is indicated in parentheses, according to the book Te decet laus, by Anselmo Lentini".
3-)Is my translation correct?
4-)What should be understood from "Novus" as to authorship?
Regarding authorship of the hymns, the Index Alphabeticus at the end provides some information, but I haven't been able to interpret it correctly.
1-)When a name is referred, is the person the author of both music and text or only one of those?
2-)Similarly, when a date is referred, is it the date of the composition of the text, music or both?
Also, I've read somewhere about Anselmo Lentini being the author of some of the hymns. His name is mentioned in small letters at the Index Alphabeticus:
"Auctor vel origo hymnorum indicatur inter uncinos, secundum librum Te decet laus, auctore Anselmo Lentini"
Though I haven't studied Latin, I read it as: "author or origin of the hymns is indicated in parentheses, according to the book Te decet laus, by Anselmo Lentini".
3-)Is my translation correct?
4-)What should be understood from "Novus" as to authorship?