| Text: | What fairer light is this than time itself doth own |
| Author (attributed to): | Elphis (d. 493) |
| Translator (sts. 1, 2, 5): | Ronald Knox (1888-1957) |
| Translator (sts. 3, 4, 6): | Thomas Isaac Ball (1838-1916) |
| Tune: | O MENTES PERFIDAS |
| Composer: | Didrik Pedersen of Åbo |
| Harmonizer: | Martin Shaw (1875-1958) |
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | What fairer light is this than time itself doth own |
| Latin Title: | Aurea luce et decore roseo |
| Author (attributed to): | Elphis (d. 493) |
| Translator (sts. 1, 2, 5): | Ronald Knox (1888-1957) |
| Translator (sts. 3, 4, 6): | Thomas Isaac Ball (1838-1916) |
| Meter: | 12 12. 12 12 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1983 |
| Topic: | Sts. Peter and Paul |
| Copyright: | Trans. 1, 2 and 5 © Search Press |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | O MENTES PERFIDAS |
| Composer: | Didrik Pedersen of Åbo |
| Harmonizer: | Martin Shaw (1875-1958) |
| Meter: | 12 12. 12 12 |
| Key: | d minor or modal |
| Source: | Piae Cantiones,, Greifswald (1582); Harm.: Songs of Praise |
| Copyright: | Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press |