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O wondrous type! O vision fair
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The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Various Recordings
O Wondrous Type, O Vision Fair
Organist: Zack von Menchhofen
Metric Index
LM 
Modality
A Major 
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Composer (descant)
Sydney Hugo Nicholson [1875-1947] 
Composer (melody)
William Knapp [1698-1768 (alt.)] 
Copyright
Descant by permission of Royal School of Church Music. 
Harmonizer
James Turle [1802-1882] 
Language
English 
Original Language
Latin 
Publication Date
1985 
Source
Latin [15th cent.; Hymns Ancient and Modern]
Hymns Ancient and Modern [1875 (harm.)] 
Translator
John Mason Neale [1818-1866 (alt.)] 
Last Five Uses
• Used on Feb 09, 2025 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 05, 2025 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 19, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 15, 2023 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 09, 2022 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA 
Poem Words (Five verses)
1.
O wondrous type! O vision fair
of glory that the church may share,
which Christ upon the mountain shows,
where brighter than the sun he glows!
2.
With Moses and Elijah nigh
the incarnate Lord holds converse high;
and from the cloud, the Holy One
bears record to the only Son.
3.
With shining face and bright array,
Christ deigns to manifest today
what glory shall be theirs above
who joy in God with perfect love.
4.
And faithful hearts are raised on high
by this great vision's mystery;
for which in joyful strains we raise
the voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.
5.
O Father, with the eternal Son,
and Holy Spirit, ever One,
vouchsafe to bring us by thy grace
to see thy glory face to face.
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