Anonyme – Stella Splendens

Artist: Ensemble Apotropaïkin: Acoustic, Medieval Period, Sacred, Secular

fol. 22r: Stella splendens “Shining Star” (round dance/Virelai, two voices)

Stella Splendens

is a composition taken from The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (Catalan for “Red Book of Montserrat”). This is a collection of late medieval songs and liturgical texts. The manuscript from the 14th century is still kept today in the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona in Catalonia.

Stella splendens is on folia 22r.

See here for more information about The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

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