Motets on non-Biblical Texts : De Beata Maria Virgine 3

TitleMotets on non-Biblical Texts : De Beata Maria Virgine 3
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2009
EditorElders, Willem
PublisherKoninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis
CityUtrecht
CiteKey: 
NJE 25

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Prose
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Vultum tuum
Full text: 

Vultum tuum deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis quia in te sola virgine Maria omnis spes posita est.

English translation: 

All the noble citizens will invoke your countenance, for in you alone virgin Mary all hope is placed.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

No direct correspondence in a standard ref work could be found.

Further notes: 

The text incipit is identical to http://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/chant/643298.
Research on the text is to be done. To be seen is Missale Pataviense and liturgical books of similar tradition.

T226 Vultum tuum

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Prose
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Sancta dei genitrix
Liturgical/devotional association: 
BVM
Full text: 

Sancta dei genitrix virgo semper Maria de cuius utero processit salvator noster et redemptio mundi, deprecare filium ut exaudire dignetur deprecationem nostram.

English translation: 

Holy mother of God, for ever virgin Mary, from whose womb our saviour and the redemption of the world came forth, intercede for us with your Son that he may deem worthy of hearing out our prayer.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

No direct correspondence in a standard ref work could be found.

Related texts in other sources: 

Compare: antiphon for the Assumption of the BVM in the Ivrea and Monza antiphoners, see NJE 25.14, p. 215
Sancta dei genitrix de cujus utero processit et redemptio mundi.

T227 Sancta dei genitrix

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Prose
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Intemerata virgo
Full text: 

O intemerata virgo quae redemptorem saeculi peperisti et post partum virgo inviolata permansisti, dei genitrix intercede pro nobis et ne despicias preces nostras quia ore indigno nomen sanctum tuum invocavimus. O gloriosa domina, pro nobis semper Christum exora.

English translation: 

O pure virgin, who gave life to the redeemer of the world and remained an untouched virgin after his birth. Mother of God, intercede for us and do not despise our prayers because we invoked your holy name with unworthy words. O glorious mistress, pray always for us to Christ.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Compare: antiphon for the octave of the Assumption of the BVM, Cantus ID 003360
Intemerata virgo quae redemptorem Israel peperisti et post partum virgo permansisti dei genetrix intercede pro nobis.

Related texts in other sources: 

Compare: antiphon for the Assumption of the BVM in the Ivrea and Monza antiphoners, see NJE 25.14, p. 215
Intemerata virgo que redemptorem israel peperisti et post partum virgo permansisti Dei genitrix intercede pro nobis.

T228 Intemerata virgo

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Prose
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
O Maria nullam
Full text: 

O Maria nullam tam gravem possumus habere culpam pro qua apud filium tuum non possis impetrare veniam nihilque est impossibile tibi apud filium tuum quem genuisti de tuo sacro corpore, mater misericordiae. 

 

English translation: 

O Mary, no guilt of ours can be so great that you cannot ask your Son forgiveness for us. Nothing is impossible for you to obtain from your Son, to whom you gave birth from your holy body, Mary, mother of pity.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

No direct correspondence in a standard ref work could be found.

Further notes: 

MACEY 1996 notices the difference between the text published by Petrucci in MotettiLQ and that in I-Mfd [4], and regards the presence of what he calls “Galeazzo’s verset” (i.e. "Maria mater gratiae/mater misericordiae") in the latter as evidence for a connection between Josquin’s Vultum tuum cycle and Duke Galeazzo Sforza.

T229 O Maria nullam

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Prose
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Mente tota
Full text: 

Mente tota tibi supplicamus ut sicut filio tuo domino nostro Iesu Christo aliquando displicuimus, modo viceversa immutatis moribus per te usque in finem complaceamus. Preces nostras, virgo mirabilis, ideo ne despicias quia ore indigno nomen sanctum tuum invocare praesumimus. 

Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.

Sancta dei genitrix, ora pro nobis.

Sancta virgo virginum, intercede pro nobis.

 

 

English translation: 

With all our heart we pray to you that just like we sometimes incurred in the displeasure of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, we may on the contrary, after our conduct has been changed through you, meet with his approval til the end. Admirable virgin, do not disdain our prayers because we dare to invoke your holy name with unworthy mouth:

Holy Mary, pray for us;
holy mother of God, pray for us;
holy virgin of virgins, intercede for us.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

No direct correspondence in a standard ref work could be found.

Related texts in other sources: 

Sancta Maria...intercede pro nobis = standard litanic formula

T230 Mente tota

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Prose
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Ora pro nobis
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Marian feasts (Assumption)
Full text: 

Ora pro nobis virgo sine termino de qua lumen ortum est in tenebris rectis corde. Exaudi nos in tribulatione nostra et veniam impetra pro peccatis nostris a patre et filio et spiritu sancto. Amen.

English translation: 

Pray for us, virgin for ever, from whom the light has come forth in the dark for the righteous men. Hear us in our suffering and obtain forgiveness for our sins from the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Ora...corde = Antiphon for the Assumption of the BVM, Cantus ID 004170

T231 Ora pro nobis

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Prose
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Christe fili dei
Full text: 

Christe fili dei, mundi qui crimina tollis, miserere nobis.

Christe fili dei, mundi verissima salus, miserere nobis.

Christe fili dei, precibus sanctissimae matris adiuva nos et tolle tribulationem nostram.

English translation: 

Christ Son of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Christ, Son of God, most true salvation of the world have mercy on us.
Christ Son of God through the prayers of your most holy mother help us and take away our trials.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

No direct correspondence in a standard ref work could be found.

Further notes: 

The structure of the text is comparable to that of the Agnus Dei. For MACEY 2002, 5 this is a reason to use this motet as “loco Agnus”.​​​

T232 Christe fili dei