Iesu, Rex admirabilis
Iesu, Rex admirabilis. Latin, 12th Century.
This is one of the many hymns taken from ‘Iesu dulcis memoria’* (cf. ‘Iesu dulcedo cordium’*). James Mearns* noted a selection consisting of stanzas 9, 11, 4, 14 from the Bodleian Library manuscript and a further stanza beginning ‘Te nostra Iesu vox sonet’ (JJ, p. 588). The selection of stanzas varies. Mearns has:
Jesu, Rex admirabilis
Amor Jesu dulcissimus
Jesu, dulcedo cordium
Cum digne loqui nequeam
Te nostra Iesu vox sonet
Two editions of A&M differ from this:
A&M (1904) A&MR
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