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Behold the Lamp

Maureen has posted text, audio, and even sheet music for the ancient lamp-lighting hymn, the Phos Hilarion. This is the first I’ve heard it chanted in the original Greek.

While you’re surfing for dead languages, check out these Latin fragments from Ambrose, Augustine, Bede, (Ps.)Hegesippus, Isidore, Jerome, and others. Hat tip: Roger Pearse.