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metrical psalm
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metrical psalm
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(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
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9780754663263 The Reformation in rhyme; Sternhold, Hopkins and the English metrical psalter, 1547-1603.
The Reformation in rhyme; Sternhold, Hopkins and the English metrical ... by Reference & Research Book News
Turning to the Low Countries, the author again discusses the background of Latin hymns before tracing the development of vernacular psalmody in the work of the Antwerp printer Simon Cock, who was responsible for the first complete metrical psalter, the Souterliedekens, which in turn influenced the work of Jan Utenhove, whose early metrical psalms were issued in London during the reign of Edward VI.
"Goostly psalmes and spirituall songes": English and Dutch Metrical ... by Greer, David / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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