The pium dictamen (plural pia dictamina), known in German as a Reimgebet or Leselied, [1] is a Christian hymn for private devotion, generally rhyming and often using acrostics. [2] The genre is highly variable. It includes "psalters" (psalteria) with 150 strophes and "rosaries" (rosaria) with 50. [1] [3] Another type was the "gloss song" (Glossenlied, prière glosée), in which a popular prayer was divided up by word, with each word be "glossed" by a stanza of commentary. They were popular in both Latin and the vernacular and were sometimes multilingual. [4]
The hymn Stabat Mater was originally a pium dictamen. [1]
The pium dictamen (plural pia dictamina), known in German as a Reimgebet or Leselied, [1] is a Christian hymn for private devotion, generally rhyming and often using acrostics. [2] The genre is highly variable. It includes "psalters" (psalteria) with 150 strophes and "rosaries" (rosaria) with 50. [1] [3] Another type was the "gloss song" (Glossenlied, prière glosée), in which a popular prayer was divided up by word, with each word be "glossed" by a stanza of commentary. They were popular in both Latin and the vernacular and were sometimes multilingual. [4]
The hymn Stabat Mater was originally a pium dictamen. [1]