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82. O sacred Head surrounded

Text Information
First Line: O sacred Head surrounded
Latin Title: Salve, caput cruentatum
Author (attributed to): St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1091-1153)
Translator (English): Henry W. Baker (1200-1250)
Translator (English, st. 3): Robert Bridges (1844-1930)
Translator (German): Paul Gerhardt
Meter: 76.76 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1983
Source: Part VII of Salve, mundi Salutare; Trans. from German
Notes: Latin text may be by Arnulf von Loewen (1200-1250)



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