Ad manus

"Quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum
tuarum?"1 

Salve Jesu, pastor bone,
Fatigatus in agone,
Qui per lignum es distractus
Et ad lignum es compactus
Expansis sanctis manibus.

Manus sanctae, vos amplector
Et gemendo condelector,
Grates ago plagis tantis,
Clavis duris, guttis sanctis,
Dans lacrimas cum osculis.

In cruore tuo lotum
Me commendo tibi totum,
Tuae sanctae manus istae
Me defendant, Jesu Christe,
Extremis in periculis.

"Quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum
tuarum ?"

by Arnulf of Leuven (c1200-1250) , from Salve mundi salutare (or Rhythmica oratio)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) , "Ad manus", BuxWV. 75 no. 3 (1680) [two violins, viola da gamba, five voices (SSATB), and basso continuo], from Membra Jesu nostri, no. 3.

Date added to the website: 2009-02-27.

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