Resplenduit facies ejus (Matthew 17:2-3) – Graham Keitch

 

The full-page miniature of the Transfiguration is one of a series of illuminations representing events from Jesus' life in a Byzantine Gospel book. The feast of the Transfiguration is one of the twelve major holidays of the Byzantine church, which explains why the subject received a lavish, full-page miniature in this book.
Full-page illumination of the Transfiguration in a Byzantine Gospel book.

Matthew 17:2-3 [Latin]

And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow.

And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with [Jesus].

Resplenduit facies ejus sicut sol: vestimenta autem ejus facta sunt alba sicut nix. Et ecce apparuerunt illis Moyses et Elias loquentes cum Jesu.


Resplenduit facies ejus (2021 premiere), motet intended as an introit for the August 6 Feast of the Transfiguration – composed by Graham Keitch (b. 1956)

Resplenduit facies ejus - Graham Keitch

^Performed by Kinnison Choral

SHEET MUSIC in YouTube video above, or printed sheet music can be purchased from Chichester Music Press (UK)

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