C44 In nomine Iesu / Officium de cruce
Standardised composer:
Attribution notes:
"Compere" (MotettiB) (MotettiB, index)
Cycle rubric:
"Officium de cruce" (MotettiB, index)
Identified as a cycle based on:
Reference source:
MotettiB, No. 21, ff. 46v-55r
Other sources:
I-Fn 232, ff. 137v-146r; PL-Kj 40013, ff. 277v-286r; D-Ngm 83795, Tenor ff. 140v-147r, Bass ff. 97v-103v; D-Z 79.1, No. 1; Rhau 1538, No. 5 (see Further notes); D-GRu BW 640-641, ff. 87r-90v (S), 92v-96v (B); PL-WRu 428, ff. 210v-219r
Number of voices:
4
Signature:
-
Clefs:
c2c4c4f4
Final:
D
Devotional / liturgical association:
Christ, Passion, Holy Cross
Description:
The cycle consists of nine motets. The texts of motets 3-9 are stanzas from the Passion hymn Patris sapientia, used in the Short Office of the Cross; the first two motets set a passage from Philippians 2 (used as an ingressa for Palm Sunday in the Ambrosian rite) and an expanded version of the antiphon for the Holy Cross Adoramus te Christe, respectively.
Modern editions:
CMM 15.4
Literature:
Discography:
Further notes:
The source Rhau 1538 includes two motets at the beginning of the cycle, not present in the other sources: Crux triumphans and Jesus nomen dignum.
Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: M176 and M177 in CH-SGs MS 462 (“Heer Liederbuch”).
Motets in this cycle
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Component motets preview
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