The Celestial Country

For other English-language translations of this work, see De contemptu mundi.

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The Celestial Country
by Bernard of Cluny, translated by John Mason Neale

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The second of Neale's translations of Bernard's poem De contemptu mundi. The translation was first published in 1858 as a standalone volume, and was incorporated into the second edition of Neale's Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences. It is based on the first 218 lines of the 3000-line original.

At least ten hymns exist whose lyrics are exerpts from this translation; see "Hora novissima, tempora pessima sunt, vigilemus," in A Dictionary of Hymnology, (ed.) by John Julian (1892).

1736866The Celestial CountryJohn Mason NealeBernard of Cluny

Versions of The Celestial Country include:

The Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix, Monk of Cluny, on the Celestial Country, 6th ed., standalone publication (1866) IA.
"Hora Novissima" in Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences, 2nd ed., by John Mason Neale (1867).
The Celestial Country, standalone publication (1900).
"The Celestial Country" in The Seven Great Hymns of the Mediaeval Church (ed.) by Charles Cooper Nott (1902).

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