T253 Crucifige clamitant

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
Crucifige clamitant
Reference sources: 

Full text: D-Mbs 3154, ff. 45v-46r
Translation: Eva Ferro

Full text: 

Crucifige clamitant hora tertiarum,
<Illusus induitur veste purpurarum,>
Caput eius pungitur [civitatis suum] corona spinarum,
Crucem portat humeris ad locum poenarum.

English translation: 

“Crucify” they scream at the third hour. Laughed at, he is dressed with a red gown, his forehead is pierced with a crown of thorns, he carries a cross on his shoulders to the place of tortures.

Subject: 
Christ; Passion; the Cross
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Short Office of the Cross
Passion rituals and observances
Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Crucifige...poenarum = poem/rhymed prayer Patris sapientia, AH 30, No. 13, pp. 32-35, st. 3

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

MotettiB, No. 21, ff. 50v-51r, Crucifige clamitant (L. Compère) (= M180, T180)

Further notes: 

Continuation of T249-251, continued (with interpolations) in T252 and T254-256.

Motets with this text

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
D-Mbs 3154
045v-046r 		Crucifige clamitant
ID: M253 		-
Anonymous 		loco offertorii C56 Natus sapientia
T253 Crucifige clamitant