decore

Haec stella, quae solis rotam vincit decore ac lumine, venisse terris nuntiat cum carne terrestri Deum.

"The Hymns of Prudentius, translated by R. Martin Pope" bls 2009

Haec stella, quae solis rotam vincit decore ac lumine, venisse terris nuntiat cum carne terrestri Deum.

Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009

Aurea luce et decore roseo, lux lucis, omne perfudisti sæculum, decorans cælos inclito martyrio hac sacra die, quæ dat reis veniam.

Giovanni Vianini's bls 2009

Aurea luce et decore roseo, lux lucis, omne perfudisti sæculum, decorans cælos inclito martyrio hac sacra die, quæ dat reis veniam.

Archive 2009-01-01 bls 2009

Here, for comparison, are the words to Aurea luce et decore roseo at still another Google Book, Latin Hymns: With English Notes for Use in Schools and Colleges, from 1883.

Ss. Peter and Paul, June 29 bls 2008

Elpis, wife of Christian philosopher poet Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, wrote the lyrics to two hymns for the feast of St. Peter and Paul: "Aurea luce et decore roseo" and "Felix per omnes festum mundi cardines".

Archive 2008-06-01 bls 2008

First line of Original Text: Aurea luce et decore roseo.

Archive 2008-06-01 bls 2008

Elpis, wife of Christian philosopher poet Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, wrote the lyrics to two hymns for the feast of St. Peter and Paul: "Aurea luce et decore roseo" and "Felix per omnes festum mundi cardines".

Ss. Peter and Paul, June 29 bls 2008

Here's an image of a page from The Poissy Antiphonal that contains a hymn, in square note notation (at the bottom of the page), that begins Aurea luce et decore roseo - which was the original first line of Decora lux æternitatis, auream (and I believe this was the original longer hymn, as well):

Ss. Peter and Paul, June 29 bls 2008

First line of Original Text: Aurea luce et decore roseo.

Ss. Peter and Paul, June 29 bls 2008