Table 4

The 14 Scivias Songs in the Context of the Music Manuscripts D and R

Table 4

*SCIVIAS*	DENDERMONDE	RIESENKODEX
		1. O vis eternitatis
	1. O magne Pater	2. O magne Pater
	2. O eterne Deus	3. O eterne Deus
		4. O virtus sapientia
		5. O quam mirabilis
		6. O pastor animarum
		7. O cruor sanguinis
	3. Ave Maria auctrix vite
	4. O clarissima Mater
		8. Spiritus sanctus vivificans
		9. Karitas habundat
1. O splendidissima gemma	5.	10.
		11. O tu illustrata
	6. Hodie aperuit 7. Quia ergo femina 8. Cum processit factura 9. Cum erubuerint	12. Nunc aperuit 13. Quia ergo femina 14. Cum processit factura 15. Cum erubuerint
	10. O frondens virga
	11. O quam magnum miraculum1	16. O quam magnum miraculum
	12. Ave generosa, fragment MISSING FOLIO BETWEEN 155v-156r 13. O virga ac diadema, fragment	17. Ave Maria auctrix vite 18. O clarissima Mater
2. O tu suavissima virga	14.	19.
		20. O quam preciosa
	15. Spiritus sanctus vivificans 16. Karitas habundat
	17. Laus Trinitati 18. O ignee Spiritus 19. O ignis Spiritus Paracliti
3. O gloriosissimi lux vivens	20.	21.
4. O vos angeli	21.	22.
5. O spectabiles viri	22.	23.
6. O vos felices radices	23.	24.
7. O cohors milicie floris	24.	25.
8. O lucidissima apostolorum	25.	26.
	26. O speculum columbe 27. O dulcis electe	27. O speculum columbe 28. O dulcis electe
	28. O mirum admirandum 29. O viriditas digiti Dei
	30. O presul vere civitatis 2
9. O victoriosissimi triumphatores	31.	29.
10. Vos flores rosarum	32.	30.
11. O successores	34. O vos imitatores	32. O vos imitatores
12. O vos imitatores	33. O successores	31. O successores
		33. O mirum admirandum 34. O viriditas digiti Dei
		35. O felix anima 36. O beata infancia
	35. O felix apparicio 36. O beatissime Ruperte	37. O felix apparicio 38. O beatissime Ruperte
	37. O Ierusalem	39. Quia felix puericia
13. O pulcre facies	38.	40.
14. O nobilissima viriditas	39.	41.

[1] Ave Maria auctrix vite, O clarissima Mater, Hodie aperuit, Quia ergo femina, and O quam magnum miraculum appear among four other songs in Hildegard's letter to her nuns (c. 1153). See Joseph L. Baird and Radd K. Ehrman, trans. The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), vol. II, 159-62.

[2] O mirum admirandum, O viriditas digiti Dei, and O presul vere civitatis appear in that order as a group of three songs in Hildegard's letter to Abbot Kuno (ca. 1155). See Baird and Ehrman, trans., vol. I, 160-62.

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