Lauda Sion Salvatorem is the beginning of the renowned sequence of Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274) for Corpus -Christi day. It consists of twelve double verses, which are as follows :
Care cibus, sanguis potns : Manet tamen Christus totus
Sub utraque specie. 8. A siimente uon concisns,
1. Lauda Siou salvatorem, Lauda ducem et pastorem
In hyniuiset canticis: [de, Qunutnm potes, tantum au- Quia ninjoi- orani laude,
Nee laudare sufflcis.
?. Laudis Ihema specialis, Panis vivnfe et vitalis
Hodie proponitur, Qnem in sacire mensa coeuoe Tiirbae fratrum duodenre
Datum nou ambigitur.
3. Sit laus plena, sit sonora, Sit.jucnnda, sit decora,
Mentis jubilatio : Dies enim sollemnis agitur In qua niensre prima recoli-
Hnjus institutio. [tur
4. In hac mensa novi regis Novum pascha novre legis
^ Phase vetus terrainat. Vetnstatem uovitas, Umbram fuc^at Veritas, Noctem lux eliminat.
5. Qnod in ctEiiaChristus ges- Faciendum hoc espressit [sit
In siii memorinm. Docti sacris institntis, Panem, vinuin in salulis
Cousecramus hostiam.
6. Di)<;ma datur Christianis, Qiiod in carnem transit i)anis
Et vinum in sanguinem. Quod nou cnpis, quod non vi- Animosa tirmat fides [des,
Prceter reium ordinem.
7. Sub diversis speciebns, Siszuis tiiutum et non rebus,
Latent les eximise.
Non confractus, nou divisiis,
Integer accipitnr. Snmit uuus, sumunt mille, Quantum isti, tantum ille,
Nee sumptus consumiiur.
9. Sumunt boni, sumunt raali, Sorte tamen insequali
VitJE vel inteiitus. Mors est malis, vita bonis : Vide, paris sumplionis
Quam sit dispar exitns.
10. Fracto demum sacramen- Ne vacilles, sed memento [to Tantum es>e sub fragmeuto
Quantum toto tegitur: Nulla rei tit scissura, Signi tantum fit fractura Qua nee status nee statura
Signati minuitur.
11. Ecce panis angelorum, Factus cibus viatorum, Vere panis tilioium,
Ndu miltendus canibus. In fiuuris priPf^itrnatur, Quuni Isaac imniolatur, Agnus Pascliffi deputatur,
Datur manna patribus.
12. Bone pastor, panis veie, .Tesn, nostri miserere.
Tu uos pasce, nos tuere, Tu nos bona fac videre
In terra vivcutium. Tu qui cnncta scis et vales. Qui nos pascis hie mortales : 'I'uoB Ibi commensales, CohiEicdes et sodales
Fac sanctorum civluni.
Lauda Sion, although full of the doctrine of transub- stantiation, as was to be expected from its author, yet contains no allusion to the priestly power " deiim conf- ce?e," which is the chief characteristic of Corpus-Christi day, but ends with an inward prayer for adoption and participation in the eternal feast of grace. A German translation was made of it by the monk John of Salz- burg (1366-1396), beginning with the words Lob, 0 Syon, deinen Schdpfer. We know of no EngUsh translation. See Koch, Geschichte des Kirchenliedes, i, 45-66 ; Daniel, Tkesaur. Hymmlogicus, ii, 97 sq. (Lips. 1855, 5 vols. 8vo).
Laudian Manu- script (Codex Laudia- NLS, SO called because pre- sented by arclibishop Laud in 1636 to the University of Oxford, now in the Bod- leian Librarj^, where it is numbered 35), usually des- ignated as E cf the Acts, . is a verj' valuable MS. of ff the Acts, with the Greek 5 and Latin in uncial letters Jl in parallel columns, the g Latin words (which are 5 neither Jerome's nor the •< Vulgate, but a closely lit- £ eral version) always ex- |. actly opposite the Greek.
It is defective at Acts
3 xxvi, 29-xxvii, 26. It is i in size nine inches by sev- 5 en and a half, and consists ^ of 226 leaves of 23-26 hues. •= The vellum is rather poor, ■g and the ink faint. There ^ are no stops, and few — breathings. It was prob- g ably written in the West 'I during the sixth century. *§ Readings were taken from ^ it by Fell ( 1675) and MUl 9, (1707). Hearne publish- §) ed the text in full: Acta ^ Apostoloj-vm Grwco-Lati- aa ncB, Uteris majusculis ^ (Oxon. 1715, 8vo) ; row ►< very scarce. See Davidson, ■g Bib. Crit. ii, 293 : Tregelles, < in Home's Lntrod. iv, 187 2 sq. ; Scrivener, lntrod. p. I 128. See Mamisckipts.
1 Laudemium, a name ^ given to the sum which § heirs, on obtaining their S inheritance, are to pay to ^ certain parties. It was to £ be paid for the recognition "5 and establishment {landa- = iio') of the claim, and even, S occasionallj', on coming S into possession other than ,£* an inheritance, as, for in- stance, by gift, etc. It sub- sequently became obliga- tory only in cases of sale, of inheritance from collat- eral relations, or sometimes from descendants, etc. ^J . J ^*| The Roman law states tlie
\r I r \ L^ I amount to be paid in the
case of a copyhold to be one fiftieth of the princi- pal (" quinquagcsima pars pretii vel wstimationis loci, qui transfertur," cap. 3, Cod. .Just, de jure emphyteutico, iv, 66). It subsequently increased to one thirtieth, one
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twentieth, and even one tenth. This, however, is named the laudemium inajus, and distinguislied from the lau- clemium minus. See J. C. H. Schroter, V. d. Lehenswcn-e, etc. (Berlin, 1789); Christ, Analecta de sportula cliente- lari vulffo de faxajeudali (Lips. 1757). — Herzog, Jleul- EneyUopddie, viii, 230.
Ijauds, Hymns of praise (from Latin huts, praise). In some of the ancient councils the hallelujah appointed to be sung after the Gospel is termed Luudcs. Also the name of the service which, before the PJeformation, fol- lowed after the Nocturn, celebrated between 12 and 3 A.M., or in the 3d watch. Du Cange assigns them this place, but cites a passage from which it would appear tliat they rather belong to matins in the following ■watch. The Lauds, Du Cange tells us, consisted, in the monastic or pre-reformatory service, of the last three psalms. Durand, however, names five. See Procter, Common Prayer, p. 186 sq. — Eden, Thcolog. Diet. s. v.; Farrar, Eccles. Diet. s. v. See Breviauy ; Canonical Hours; Liturgy; Matins.