From Book to Song: Texts Accompanying the Man of Sorrows in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

TitleFrom Book to Song: Texts Accompanying the Man of Sorrows in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsBoynton, Susan
EditorPuglisi, Catherine R., and William L. Barcham
Book TitleNew Perspectives on the Man of Sorrows
Pagination117-146
PublisherMedieval Institute Publications
CityKalamazoo
ISBN Number978-1-58044-193-3
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Cycle details

Reference source: 
MotettiB, No. 21, ff. 46v-55r
Cycle rubric: 
"Officium de cruce" (MotettiB, index)
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c2c4c4f4
Final: 
D
Devotional / liturgical association: 
Christ, Passion, Holy Cross
Modern editions: 
CMM 15.4
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”).

Content (motets): 
M176 M177 M178 M179 M180 M181 M182 M183 M184

C44 In nomine Iesu / Officium de cruce

Compère, Loyset

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe, adoro te in cruce pendentem et coronam spineam in capite portantem. Deprecor te ut ipsa crux liberet me ab angelo percutiente.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore thee hanging on the cross, wearing the crown of thorns upon thy head.
I beseech thee that this same cross may deliver me from the angel that smiteth.

 

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

Scotto 1539, No. 14.1, O  O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem (A. Willaert) (=M293)
Ulhard 1545, No. 23.1, O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem (H. Finck) (=M285, T152b)

T153–156 and T261–262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
et coronam] coronam
ipsa] tua

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T152a O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum, felle et aceto potatum. Deprecor te ut tua vulnera sint remedium animae meae.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore thee wounded on the cross, given gall and vinegar to drink. I beseech thee that thy wounds may be the salvation of my soul.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

Scotto 1539, No. 14.2, O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in crucem vulneratum (A. Willaert) (=M294)
Ulhard 1545, No. 23.2, O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in crucem vulneratum (H. Finck) (=M286, T153b)

T152-156 and T261-262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T153a O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in sepulcro positum
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O Domine Iesu Christe adoro te in sepulcro positum mirra et aromatibus conditum. Deprecor te ut tua mors sit vita mea.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore thee laid in the sepulchre, embalmed with myrrh and spices. I beseech thee that thy death may be my life.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

Ulhard 1545, No. 23.3, O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in sepulcro positum (H. FincK) (=M287)

T152–156 and T261–262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
mirra et aromatibus] mirre aromatibusque

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T154 O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in sepulcro positum

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe pastor bone iustos conserva
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O Domine Iesu Christe, pastor bone, iustos conserva, peccatores iustifica, omnibus fidelibus miserere et propitius esto mihi peccatori.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, good shepherd, save the just, justify sinners, have mercy on all the faithful, and be well disposed to me sinner.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

Scotto 1539, No. 14.4, O domine Iesu Christe iustos conserva ((A. WIllaert) (=M296, T296)
Ulhard 1545, No. 23.7, O domine Iesu Christe pastor bone iustos conserva (H. Finck) (=M291, T291)

T152-156 and T261-262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
peccatori] peccatrici

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T155 O domine Iesu Christe pastor bone iustos conserva

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem, quam pro me sustinuisti in cruce maxime in illa hora quando sanctissima anima tua egressa est de corpore tuo, miserere animae meae in egressu suo. Amen.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, for the sake of that bitterness that thou didst sustain for me, hanging on the cross, above all when thy most noble soul departed from thy most holy body, have mercy on my soul in its departure. Amen.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

I-Bc Q.20, No. 36, O domine Iesu Christe deprecor te (Maistre Jan) (=M259, T156b)
Scotto 1539, No. 14.3, O domine Iesu Christe adoro te propter illam amaritudinem (A. Willaert) (=M295)
Ulhard 1545, No. 23.4, O domine Iesu Christe per illlam amaritudinem (H. Finck) (=M288, T156c)

T152–155 and T261–262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
amaritudinem] amaritudinem tuam
in illa hora quando sanctissima] quando nobilissima

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T156a O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem

Text details

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Jesus
Standardised text incipit: 
Qui velatus facie fuisti
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Passion rituals and observances
Full text: 

Qui velatus facie fuisti
Et penurias substinuisti,
Sol iustitiae.
Flexis illusus genibus,
Caesus quoque verberibus

Te petimus attentius:
Esto nobis propitius
Et per tuam clementiam
Perducas nos ad gloriam.

English translation: 

Thou whose countenance was veiled and who didst endure poverty, Sun of righteousness, mocked while you were on your knees and smitten with blows besides.

We beg thee intensely, be favourable unto us, and by thy clemency lead us through to glory.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Officium de Passione (attr. to St. Bonaventure), AH 50, No. 382, pp. 568-571 (see also RH 2, No. 20697, p. 681 and JALLONGHI 1915, p. 210), Ad primam, st. 1-2
Qui ... iustitiae] Tu qui velatus facie / Fuisti, sol iustitiae,
Esto] Ut sis

T157 Qui velatus facie fuisti

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
In nomine Iesu
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Palm Sunday (AR)
Full text: 

In nomine Iesu omne genu flectatur caelestium terrestrium et infernorum quia dominus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.

English translation: 

In the name of Jesus may every knee of celestial, terrestrial and infernal creatures be bent, because the Lord was made obedient for us until death, until death on the cross.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

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

Related texts in other sources: 

Ambrosian ingressa for Palm Sunday, see PM 6

T176 In nomine Iesu

Text details

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
Natus sapientia
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Short Office of the Cross
Passion rituals and observances
Full text: 

Natus sapientia, veritas divina,
Deus homo captus est hora matutina
A suis discipulis.

English translation: 

Born through wisdom, divine truth, the God who became man was taken in the morning hour from his disciples.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Hymn De Passione Domini, ad matutinum, AH 30, No. 13, pp. 32-35, st. 1, lines 1-5
natus] patris
suis] notis

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

MotettiB, No. 21,  ff. 48v-49r, Patris sapientia (L. Compère) (= M178, T178)

Further notes: 

T250-256 are the continuation of this text.

T249 Natus sapientia

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te descendentem ad inferos
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe adoro te descendentem ad inferos liberantemque captivos. Deprecor te ne permittas me illuc introire.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore you, who descend into hell and free the prisoners. I pray you, not to allow that I enter it.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

Ulhard 1545, No. 23.5, O domine Iesu Christe adoro te descendentem ad inferos (H.Finck) (=M289)

T152–156 and T262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
ne permittas me] ut non me permittas

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T261 O domine Iesu Christe adoro te descendentem ad inferos

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te resurgentem a mortuis
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe adoro te resurgentem a mortuis et ad caelos ascendentem sedentemque ad dexteram patris. Deprecor te miserere mei.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore you who resurrect from the dead and ascend to the heavens and sit at the right of the Father. I pray you, have mercy on me.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

Ulhard 1545, No. 23.6, O domine Iesu Christe adoro te resurgentem (H. Finck) (=M290, T262b)

T153–156 and T261 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
resurgentem a mortuis et ad caelos ascendentem] ascendentem in celum

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T262a O domine Iesu Christe adoro te resurgentem a mortuis