John Sheppard: In pace in idipsum (c.1550)

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This staid antiphon by John Sheppard was likely composed around the same period as three other settings of the same title by his esteemed contemporaries Thomas Tallis, John Blitheman and John Taverner. All four works were consecutively copied into a single large collection known as the "Gyffard Partbooks" around 1570. It was likely used for Compline services at the end of a day and perhaps also for the celebration of Holy Saturday when Christ's body was resting in the tomb.

Text:

In pace, in idipsum dormiam et requiescam.
Si dedero somnum oculis meis,
et palpebris meis dormitationem,
dormiam et requiescam.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.

Translation:

In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.
If I give slumber to my eyes
and to my eyelids drowsiness,
I shall sleep and rest.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Description of the photos:

1. Score for the Triplex (boy soprano), Gyffard Partbook #4, c1572
2. Sunset scene at an inlet, from Pixabay (credit: SMKSTUDIO)
3. Burning candle, from Pixabay (credit: Relaxing_Guru)
4. Unknown beach scene at sunset, from Pixabay (credit: dlabiebrzy)
5. Ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire, decommissioned during the lifetime of Sheppard during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII. From Pinterest (credit: Acker7)