M254 Iugo est crucis conclavatus

Standardised text incipit: 
Iugo est crucis conclavatus
Standardised composer: 
Anonymous
Attribution notes: 
NOBLITT 1963, 144-50 and 1968 proposed an attribution to Johannes Martini. The same scholar renounced the attribution in EdM 83, 364.
In cycle(s): 
C56 Natus sapientia
Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 46v-47r
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 


Length: 
50
Signature: 
bb
Clefs: 
c1c3c3f3
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
cbgagggg
ggfedcde
cdbabbbb
cgabefee
Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti): 
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83; MCE 8.5
Literature: 
NOBLITT 1963
, 144-150
NOBLITT 1968
NOBLITT 1987-96 (= EdM 80-83)
, 364
Discography: 
Further notes: 

Text details

Tags: 
Mixed prose and verse
Composite text
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
Iugo est crucis conclavatus
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Short Office of the Cross
Passion rituals and observances
Holy Cross
Full text: 

Iugo est crucis conclavatus
Et est cum latronibus pendens reputatus.
Prae tormentis sitiens felle saturatus,
Agnus crimen diluit sic deificatus.

Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

English translation: 

He was nailed to the yoke of the cross and sentenced with the thieves he hangs. Thirsty for the tortures, filled with bitter poison, the lamb washed away the crime made divine in such a way.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because through your Holy Cross you redeemed the world.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Iugo...deificatus = Hymn De Passione Domini, ad sextam, AH 30, No. 13, pp. 32-35, st. 4
Iugo est] Hora sexta Iesus est
reputatus] deputatus
deificatus] ludificatus

Adoramus ... mundum = multipurpose antiphon for the Holy Cross, used e.g. in the Short Office of the Cross, in Good Friday observances, for the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (Cantus ID 001287), etc.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

MotettiB, No. 21, ff. 47v-48r, Adoramus te Christe (L. Compère) (= M177, T177)

MotettiB, No. 21, ff. 51v-52r, Hora sexta Iesus (L. Compère) (= M181, T181)

I-Mfd 1, ff. 167v-168r, Adoramus te Christe (L. Compère) ( = M056, T056)

I-Mfd 3, ff. 131v-132r, Adoramus te Christe (L. Compère) (= M076, T076)

I-Mfd [4], ff. 76v-77r, Bone Iesu dulcis Christe (Anon.) (= M110, T110)

Further notes: 

Continuation of T249-253, continued in T255-256 (with interpolations). The first two lines of text have been corrected; the original text, entered only in the Superius, is "Iugi est cruci conclavatus".

T254 Iugo est crucis conclavatus

Music incipit (MEI): 
File M254IugoEstCrucisConclavatus.xml

Sources with this motet

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
D-Mbs 3154
046v-047r 		Iugo est crucis conclavatus
ID: M254 		-
Anonymous 		- C56 Natus sapientia
T254 Iugo est crucis conclavatus