Full text: I-Mfd 1, ff. 137v-138r; I-Mfd [4], ff. 134v-135r
Translation: CMM 106.3 (Ruskin Watts)
O pulcherrima mulierum, qualis est dilectus tuus ex dilecto tuo, quia sic adiurasti nos? Dilectus meus candidus et rubicundus, electus ex milibus. Labia illius stillantia mirram primam, guttur illius consuavissimus et totus desiderabilis.
Talis est dilectus meus et ipse amicus meus, filiae Ierusalem.
O thou fairest among women, what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand; His lips dropping sweet smelling myrrh. His throat is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved and this is my friend, o daughters of Jerusalem.
GASSER 2001, 288: “Portions of this text were early incorporated into the liturgies of the Nativity and Assumption, see CAO III:151, 500 [= CAO 3, No. 2227, p. 151; No. 5098, p. 500]. Given the pattern observed with Weerbeke's other settings of the Song of Songs, it may be that the entire text of the motet was borrowed from a liturgical source, though none is as yet identified”. The text is based on Song of Songs 5:9-10.13.16.
No direct correspondence in a standard ref work could be found.
| Source | Motet incipit | Attribution | Rubric | Cycle / Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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I-Mfd [4] 134v-135r |
O pulcherrima mulierum ID: M042 |
- Weerbeke, Gaspar van |
- |
C13c Quam pulchra es (3 motets) T042 O pulcherrima mulierum |
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I-Mfd 1 137v-138r |
O pulcherrima mulierum ID: M042 |
Gaspar (index; as part of C13a) Weerbeke, Gaspar van |
- |
C13a Quam pulchra es (8 motets) T042 O pulcherrima mulierum |
