Motet Cycles Database

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 68v-71r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 354-368

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c2c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 28-37; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Content (motets):

M004 M005 M006

C03 Hortus conclusus

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 72v-74r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, the Blessed Sacrament

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 42-48; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Content (motets):

M007 M008

C04 O sacrum convivium (I-Mfd 1)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 75v-80r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 369-383

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f3

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, St. Joseph, BVM, Incarnation

Christmas, Christmastide, St. Joseph

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 52-63; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Content (motets):

M009 M010 M011

C05 Prodiit puer de puella

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 84v-93r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" as "Salve mater salvatoris gaffori | cum tota missa" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 75-104; MCE 4; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Further notes:

All the component motets are in more than one pars. Second/third partes are not listed in I-Mfd 1, index (except for the 3a pars of Imperatrix gloriosa), do not have separate attributions, and are linked with “verte folium” and/or “custodes”.

Content (motets):

M012 M014 M015 M016

C06 Salve mater salvatoris

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 99v-103r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 384-393; see also Further notes

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

c1c3c4c4

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 119-124 (without "Eia mater"); GASSER 2001, 543-545 (for "Eia mater"); MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Further notes:

GASSER 2001 was the first to include Eia mater in this cycle. According to ROSSI 2019B, 391-393, and MM 1, xxx, this cycle does not include Eia mater, and starts with the motet Verbum sapientiae (I-Mfd 1, ff. 98v-99r).

Content (motets):

M017 M018 M019 M020

C07 Castra caeli dum transcendo

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 103v-105r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, the Blessed Sacrament

Corpus Christi ?

Modern editions:

MM 1, 226-231

Content (motets):

M021 M022

C08 Vox iucunda cum favore

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 106v-108r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 396-408

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM, Christ, Incarnation

Christmas, Christmastide

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 8-12 (for "Promissa mundo gaudia"); GASSER 2001, 546-552 (for "Ave cella"); MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Content (motets):

M023 M024

C09 Ave cella novae legis

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 109v-112r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 409-419

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 553-563; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Further notes:

MM 1, xxx, xxii, adds to this cycle the motet "O beata praesulis" (I-Mfd 1, ff. 108v-109r), which shares motif links with the other motets. This four-motet cycle was first listed among "possible motetti missales cycles" by WARD 1986, 523, n. 56. According to MM 1, xxxii, this cycle has to be ascribed to Gaffurius for stylistic reasons.

Content (motets):

M025 M026 M027

C10 Ave mundi reparatrix

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 114v-117r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 420-441

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM, Christ

Modern editions:

CMM 106.4; AMMM 11, 1-12 (in both cases edited as independent motets)

Discography:

Compère: Missa Galeazescha: Music for the Duke of Milan, Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col, Arcana-Outhere, 2017 (as independent motets, not consecutively).

Further notes:

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets):

M028 M029 M030

C11 Christi mater ave

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 126v-134r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 13-43; CMM 106.3; MCE 5

Further notes:

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets):

M031 M032 M033 M034 M035 M036 M037 M038

C12a Ave mundi domina

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 2, ff. 51v-53r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

(see Description)

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 28-34; CMM 106.3

Further notes:

AMMM 11 and the facsimile edn. of I-Mfd 2 propose a five-motet cycle comprising M039, M043, M044, M035, and M036; the corresponding rubric reported in AMMM 11, iii as present in the manuscript index derives, on the contrary, from an editorial annotation in SARTORI 1957, 48.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets):

M035 M036

C12b ‹Ave regina caelorum› ave domina angelorum

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 134v-143r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

g2c2c4c4/g2c2c3c4

Final:

G/G/G/G/D/G/G/G

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 44-75; CMM 106.3; MCE 6

Further notes:

See also the shorter cognate cycles C13b and C13c.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets):

M039 M040 M041 M042 M043 M044 M045 M046

C13a Quam pulchra es (8 motets)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 2, ff. 48v-51r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

MC Database (see Further notes)

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

G/D/G

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 76-87; CMM 106.3; MCE 6

Further notes:

C13b Quam pulchra es (3 motets)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 132v-135r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 502; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 44-47; 54-57; 67-71; CMM 106.3; MCE 6

Further notes:

C13c Quam pulchra es (3 motets)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 143v-149r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 75-83; 89-93 (as part of C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / <Missa> Galeazescha); CMM 15.2; MCE 3

Content (motets):

M071 M072 M074

C14a Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar

Compère, Loyset

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 125v-135r

Cycle rubric:

"Galeazescha" (I-Mfd 3)

Identified as a cycle based on:

presence of a cycle rubric and of "loco" rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 75-112; CMM 15.2; MCE 3

Discography:

Compère: Missa Galeazescha: Music for the Duke of Milan. Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col, Arcana-Outhere, 2017.

Further notes:

See also the cognate shorter cycle C14a.

GASSER 2001, 304-305, considers the cycle to consist of seven motets, instead of eight: see the notes to M075 and M076.

The version of M074 in I-Mfd 3 is longer than the one in I-Mfd 1.

Content (motets):

M071 M072 M073 M074 M075 M076 M077 M078

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 158v-162r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c4c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

All Saints

All Saints’ Day

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M047 M048 M049 M050

C15 Exultabit cor meum

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 171v-179r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); presence of “loco” rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, BVM, Incarnation

Christmas, Christmastide

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 45-73; CMM 15.2; MCE 1

Discography:

Loyset Compère: Mass, Motets, Songs. Orlando Consort, Metronome 1002

Content (motets):

M059 M060 M061 M062 M063 M064 M065 M066

C17 Hodie nobis de virgine

Compère, Loyset

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 2, ff. 54v-56r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c3c5

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, the Blessed Sacrament

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 13-16; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Content (motets):

M067 M068

C19 O sacrum convivium (I-Mfd 2)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 2, ff. 100v-110r

Cycle rubric:

"Missa Sanctae Caterinae v. et m." (I-Mfd 2, f. 100v); "Quarti toni" (I-Mfd 2, f. 101v)

Identified as a cycle based on:

presence of a cycle rubric and of one "loco" rubric

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f3

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Modern editions:

AMMM 3, 1-30; MM 1, 58-65 ("Hac in die" and "Virgo constans")

Further notes:

Hac in die and Virgo constans are copied as one motet in two partes in I-Mfd 3, ff. 183v-185r.

Content (motets):

M069 M070

C20 Hac in die / Missa sanctae Caterinae v. et m.

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 162v-167r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

FINSCHER 1964, 90, n.10; GASSER 2001, 331; see also WARD 1986, 506

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 564-584

Further notes:

Compare the cognate cycle C22b Diffusa est gratia.

Content (motets):

M079 M080 M081 M082 M083

C22a Beata et venerabilis virgo

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 90v-95r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 506; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 564-569; 574-584 (partial, first motet missing)

Further notes:

Compare the cognate cycle C22a Beata et venerabilis virgo (and see WARD 1986, 506).

Content (motets):

M113 M079 M080 M081 M083

C22b Diffusa est gratia

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 167v-173r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

FINSCHER 1964, 90, n.10; GASSER 2001, 331, 461-474

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, BVM

Christmas

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 585-603

Discography:

Further notes:

Between the last and the second last motet in I-Mfd 3 are two empty folio sides.

Content (motets):

M084 M085 M086 M087 M088

C23 Ave regina caelorum mater

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 205v-208r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331; 475-487

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 604-617; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Further notes:

C24 and C25 share the same three motets, but in C25 (from I-Mfd [4]) they surround a Mass and the order is M089-M090-M091, whereas C24 (from I-Mfd 3) is a “standalone” cycle, and the order is M090-M089-M091. There is no attribution in either book, nor in ANNALI 1885 (the Imperatrix gloriosa attributed to Gaffurius there at 169 is not M089 but M016). As for the catalogue BERWIN-HIRSCHFELD 1892, 91, it is unclear whether the Mass in included in the attribution to Gaffurius, or M089 only is intended. EITNER 1900-04, IV, 122 indicates, however, that the Mass is indeed a Missa [super] Imperatrix gloriosa; WARD 1986, 497 seems to accept the attribution and extends it to the other two motets, followed by Bonnie J. Blackburn, "Gaffurius, Franchinus," Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press), http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/10477.

Content (motets):

M090 M089 M091

C24 Caeli quondam roraverunt

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 12v-24r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 497; GASSER 2001, 332; 475-487

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1c3>c4f4

Final:

<G>

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 604-617 (motets only)

Further notes:

C24 and C25 share the same three motets, but in C25 (from I-Mfd [4]) they surround a Mass and the order is M089-M090-M091, whereas C24 (from I-Mfd 3) is a “standalone” cycle, and the order is M090-M089-M091. There is no attribution in either book, nor in ANNALI 1885 (the Imperatrix gloriosa attributed to Gaffurius there at 169 is not M089 but M016). As for the catalogue BERWIN-HIRSCHFELD 1892, 91, it is unclear whether the Mass is included in the attribution to Gaffurius, or M089 only is intended. EITNER 1900-04, IV, 122 indicates, however, that the Mass is indeed a Missa [super] Imperatrix gloriosa; WARD 1986, 497 seems to accept the attribution and extends it to the other two motets, followed by Bonnie J. BLACKBURN, "Gaffurius, Franchinus," Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press), http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/10477.

Content (motets):

M089 M090 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus M091

C25 Imperatrix gloriosa + Missa

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 26v-38r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 497

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1>c3c4f3

Final:

<D>

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Assumption of the BVM

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M092 M093 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus

C26 Assumpta est Maria + Missa

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 40v-48r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 498; GASSER 2001

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Nativity of the BVM

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M094 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus M095

C27 Nativitas tua dei genitrix + Missa

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 60v-65r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 498, 503-505; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Holy Spirit

Easter/Pentecost ?

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M096 M097 M098 M099 M100

C28 Sancti spiritus adsit

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 65v-68r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 499; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM, Christ, Incarnation

Christmas, Christmastide

Modern editions:

CMM 15.4 (O admirabile commercium); AMMM 13, 151-156 (O admirabile commercium); AMMM 6, 12-16 (Sanctus, from I-Mfd 2)

Further notes:

All movements have concordances elsewhere in the Libroni (for the Sanctus, see I-Mfd 2, ff. 35v-36r); therefore, it is possible to access the full score of the cycle in spite of the damaged state of the reference source (notice, however, the reworkings pointed out by WARD 1986, 512-515, and see the further notes to M103).

WARD 1986, 506, 508-515 proposes and discusses the reconstruction of a “virtual” five-movement cycle including two additional motets from I-Mfd 1, ff. 149v-151r.

Content (motets):

M101 Sanctus M103

C29 O admirabile commercium (with Sanctus)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 83v-87r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 500; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

St. John the Evangelist

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M111 M112

C31 Verbum dei deo natum

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 112v-114r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 500; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c3c5

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, Incarnation, the Blessed Sacrament

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 125-129; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Content (motets):

M118 M119

C33a Magnum nomen domini (2 motets)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 95v-99r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 500; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c3c5

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, Incarnation, the Blessed Sacrament

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 13-14; 125-129 ("O Iesu dulcissime" missing)

Further notes:

WARD 1986, 506 proposes a “virtual” five-motet cycle including also M068 Accepta Christi munera. This hypothesis is accepted by ROSSI 2019A, 221-222, who, in MM 1, xxx, xxxii, further adds to this "virtual" cycle a sixth motet,Trophaeum crucis (Librone 1, ff. 31v-32r). See also the shorter cognate cycle C33a.

Content (motets):

M118 M119 M067 M121

C33b Magnum nomen domini (4 motets)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 108v-113r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 501; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM, Incarnation

Annunciation of the BVM?

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M126 M127 M128 Agnus M130

C35 Missus est ab arce patris (with Agnus)

Cycle details

Reference source:

MotettiC, No. 37, ff. 28v-29v (S), 29v-30v (A), 27r-28r (T), 27r-28v (B)

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 501; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

SCM 2

Content (motets):

M131 M132 M133 M134 M135

C36 Gaudeamus omnes in domino

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 120v-125r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

(see Further notes)

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Holy Spirit

Pentecost

Modern editions:

CMM 106.3

Further notes:

WARD 1986, 507-508 proposes the reconstruction of a “virtual” seven-motet cycle combining motets from the present cycle and C37b.

LINDMAYR-BRANDL 1992 and PAVANELLO 2009 have proposed to discard M140 (whose attribution to Gaspar is doubtful) from the cycle on textual and stylistic grounds.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets):

M136 M137 M138 M139 M140

C37a Spiritus domini replevit orbem (I-Mfd [4])

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 125v-129r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 502; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1>c3c4c5

c1c3c4c5

c1c2c3c5

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M141 M142 M143 M144

C38 Beata es virgo puerpera

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 129v-132r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 502; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c4c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M145 M146 M147

C39 Beata dei genitrix

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Rvat CS 15, ff. 231v-235r

Cycle rubric:

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

SCM 2

Discography:

The cognate cycle C47b (see Further notes) has been recorded by Cappella pratensis: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3971223. Fragments online at https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/EAX0513.

Content (motets):

M191 M192 M193 M194 M195

C47a Virgo praecellens (5 motets)

C06 Salve mater salvatoris

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 103v-107r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 500-501; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2<c3>c4c5

g2c3c4c5

g2c3c3c5

g2c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

See information on this cycle as part of The Josquin Research Project.

Content (motets):

M231 M228 M229 M230

C53b Ora pro nobis virgo

Josquin des Prez

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 84v-85r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4c4

Final:

G / G

Music incipit:

gagfgaba

defdcdfe

.gagfgfg

gfgfedef

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 75-77; MCE 4.1; MM 1, 167-170

Text reference:

T012 Salve mater salvatoris

M012 Salve mater salvatoris : Salve verbi sacra parens

C07 Castra caeli dum transcendo

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 102v-103r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

gabacbag

....dfed

.gagcbag

....gbag

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 543-545; MM 1, 45-47

Further notes:

Although ANNALI 1885 list this motet after the other three motets of cycle C07 among Gaffurius' works, it is excluded from AMMM 05 and it is often considered anonymous in the literature.
GASSER 2001, 384, was the first to include this motet in cycle C07.

Text reference:

T020 Eia mater

M020 Eia mater

C09 Ave cella novae legis

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 106v-107r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material (see GASSER 2001, 400), but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

..ggagba

gfefdcde

gagbagfg

gdg.gdga

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 546-552; MM 1, 8-13

Further notes:

Attributed to Gaffurius by GASSER 2001, 296, on account of the strong textual and musical connections to M024 Promissa mundo gaudia, which is attributed to Gaffurius in I-Mfd 2.

Text reference:

T023 Ave cella novae legis

M023 Ave cella novae legis

C13a Quam pulchra es (8 motets)

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C13b Quam pulchra es (3 motets)

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 138v-139r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The passage "Ave corpus domini ... mundo dixit vale" possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

G / D

Music incipit:

...gabce

.defgfdc

..gabcde

defgabgc

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 58-63; CMM 106.3; MCE 6.5

Further notes:

Elevation motet (2a pars).

“Verte folium” (I-Mfd 1) or “verte folium” and “custodes” (I-Mfd 2) to next motet (O Maria clausus hortus); consequently GASSER 2001, 285-286 considers them as one long motet consisting of three partes.

See also the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Text reference:

T043 Ave regina caelorum mater

M043 Ave regina caelorum mater : Ave corpus domini

C13a Quam pulchra es (8 motets)

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C13b Quam pulchra es (3 motets)

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 139v-140r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

aabaaggf

..agfeed

dddccbag

..dedegf

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 63-66; CMM 106.3; MCE 6.6

Further notes:

GASSER 2001, 289 considers this as the 3a pars of M043 (see the Further notes to M043).

See also the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Text reference:

T044 O Maria clausus hortus

M044 O Maria clausus hortus

C14a Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 143v-145r

Mensuration:



 

Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

Gasser sees a connection between the 4th phrase of Kyrie IX (Cum Jubilo) and the melody in T1 (text passage "florens ... gratus"):

1--h--k-l---l-k-l--h---g-h-i-j-h---g---g----f---g-i-j--g---h----4

"Kyrie eleison" (GASSER 2001, 319)

Last phrase of verse 4 of the sequence Veni sancte spiritus (Cantus ID ah54153) quoted in T1 (text passage "dans fluenta gratiae"):

1--e---g---h---g---k----j-h----h----4

"sana quod est saucium" (http://manuscrit.ville-laon.fr/_app/visualisation.php?cote=Ms263&vue=192)

Verse 5 of the sequence Veni sancte spiritus (Cantus ID ah54153) quoted in T1 and T2 (text passage "quae regina diceris...mater gratiae"):

1--l---l---g---h---k---j---h---h---i-j----hg----h----g--f---g---f---e---g---h---d-c---f---e-d--d----4

"Da virtutis meritum / da salutis exitum / da perhenne gaudium" (http://manuscrit.ville-laon.fr/_app/visualisation.php?cote=Ms263&vue=192). See MACEY 1996, 169-170.

(A contrafactum of this sequence exists (Veni virgo virginum) which uses the same text as the motet for this melodic phrase: "quae regina diceris / miserere miseris / virgo mater gratiae" http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00034686/images/index.html?id=00034686&groesser=&fip=ewqeayaeayaeneayasdaseneayaeayaw&no=&seite=577)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

dfedcfge

addef.ca

dfgagfed

...dfgag

dbbadecd

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 75-78; CMM 15.2; MCE 3.1

Further notes:

Seemingly presented as a two-part motet on two openings in I-Mfd 1 (with “verte cito” and “custodes”).

Text reference:

T071 Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar

M071 Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar

Compère, Loyset

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 130v-131r

Mensuration:









Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

dddcffga

addedcba

dfgaaagf

dfga...a

dbbaddgd

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 94-97; CMM 15.2; MCE 3.5

Further notes:

Cycle C14a, whose three component motets (M071, M072 and M074) are concordant with motets in C14b, is attributed to "Loyset" in I-Mfd 1, index (see the record for fuller details). The present motet has been unanimously attributed to Compère as part of C14b: see for instance FINSCHER 1964, 92.

At the end of the bass part there is a "verte folium" rubric pointing to the next motet (M076); moreover, the present motet ends with breves, whereas all the other motets in the cycle end with longae: GASSER 2001, 310 therefore considers M075 and M076 as one motet for the Sanctus-ad elevationem-post elevationem complex.

Text reference:

T075 O Maria In supremo sita poli

M075 O Maria in supremo sita poli