Re: History of constructed languages

On Sunday 10 April 2005 03:37 pm, Sally Caves wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Brown" <ray.brown@...>
>
> Osanna, sanctus Deus sabaoth,
> superillustrans claritate tua
> felices ignes horum malacoth.
>
> [Can't get the accent marks, sorry).
>
> Now sabaoth is Kabbalistic, isn't it?  One of the 72 Divine Names?  I
> recognize it from Moshe Idel's _Kabbalah_.  I don't know about malacoth.  Is
> that made up?
>
> Go here
>
> http://dante.ilt.columbia.edu/books/cambr_com/cc10.html
>
> For an excellent discussion of all the neologisms in Dante's Paradiso.
> Apparently he makes some of the words up, like teodia, 25:73.
>
> Sally
>
Sabaoth occurs in the old Latin mass. I think in the Sanctus, but it's been a
long time since I sang one. (If you can find liner notes for Beethoven's Mass
in C Major, that will have it, because that's the mass I sang.) I don't think
malacoth occurs in the main liturgy, but it may have shown up in High masses
or requiems or something... liner notes for other religious pieces might have
it.

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