Motet Cycles Database

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Ave mundi domina

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts and observances

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Ave mundi domina et caeli regina,
Mater dei integra, rosa sine spina.

Tua sit conceptio nostra medicina
Et tua nativitas via matutina.

Tua praesentatio nostra sit oblatio
Et annuntiatio […]

Et purificatio nostra sit purgatio.

Tua sit assumptio nostrae salutis via,
Tu nos tecum astrue in vera sophia.

Quae regnas cum filio, o clemens, o pia,
Fac nos tecum vivere, o dulcis Maria.

English translation:

Hail, mistress of the world and Queen of heaven, Mother of God unspoilt, rose without thorn.

May your conception be our medicine and your birth our path of dawn.

May your presentation to the temple be our own offering and the Annunciation and your purification be our cleansing.

May your ascension be our path of salvation. Uphold us with you in true wisdom.

You who reign with your son, o compassionate, o kind, let us live with you, o sweet Mary.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Marian hymn, MONE 2, No. 322, pp. 4-5, from ms. Venezia, Biblioteca del Museo Correr, Cicogna 2239
Ave] Salve

Tua sit conceptio] Sit tua conceptio

the subsequent two stanzas in Cicogna 2239 read as follows:
Tua praesentatio nostra sit oblatio
et annuntiatio nostra sit salvatio.

Tua parturitio nostra sit redemptio
et purificatio nostra sit purgatio.

astrue] attrahe

Related texts in other sources:

A Salve mundi domina (with at least concordant first stanza) is recorded in ms. D-W Cod. Guelf. 18.30 Aug. 4°, f. 46v, as "Hymnus ad b. virginem cum notis musicis", according to HEINEMANN 1966, 253–254 (see http://diglib.hab.de/?db=mss&list=ms&id=18-30-aug-4f&catalog=Heinemann).

Similarly in the miscellaneous ms. D-Ju Sag. o. 2 (Hildesheim [?], 3rd third of the fifteenth century), f. 150v, within a section of "Orationes de BMV"; see KLEIN-OTT 2009, 349-365: 356.

T031 Ave mundi domina

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Ave mater gloriosa

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts (Conception; Annunciation; Assumption)

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Ave mater gloriosa,
Virga Iesse speciosa.

Ex regali stirpe nata,
Virgo semper illibata,
Stella maris appellata.

Gaude pia et decora,
Nos exaudi sine mora
Et pro nobis semper ora.

English translation:

Hail, o glorious Mother, beautiful shoot of Jesse.

Born of royal stock, virgin ever untouched, you who are called star of the sea.

Rejoice, pious and splendid, hear us without delay and always pray for us.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Compare the rhymed antiphon for the Assumption of the BVM, RH 1, No. 1460, p. 85, Audi mater gloriosa (from Balinghem, Parnassus Marianus, 1624)

E.g. in the antiphoner Wrocław, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Ms. R 503 (http://cantusdatabase.org/node/457068, for the Octave of the Annunciation) as well as in several seventeenth-century devotional books (e.g., Diario sacro dove s'insegnano varie pratiche di divotione), the text is the following:
Audi mater gloriosa
Virga Iesse generosa
Digna laude speciosa.

Ex regali stirpe nata
Virgo sempre illibata
Stella maris appellata.

Audi pia et decora
Nos exaudi sine mora
Et pro nobis semper ora.

Related texts in polyphonic sources:

F-MO H 196, f. 355r-v, Audi mater generosa/Imperatrix potentis gracie/[NEUMA] (anon., a 3); text of the Triplum as in Audi mater gloriosa (see above), except for:
gloriosa] generosa,
generosa] gloriosa
appellata] appellaris
pia] o pia

I-LUs MS 238 (“Mancini Codex or Lucca Codex”), f. 50r-v (anon., four?-voice setting); text as in Audi mater gloriosa (see above), except for:
Audi] Ave

Related texts in other sources:

Antiphon at Terce in a rhythmic office for the Conception of the BVM, CH-SGs Cod. Sang. 545 (notated Antiphonary, France or Burgundy/Flanders, second half of the 15th century, see http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0545), f. 10v

T032 Ave mater gloriosa

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About the Blessed Sacrament

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Ave regina caelorum ave domina angelorum

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts and observances

Corpus Christi

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Ave regina caelorum,
Ave domina angelorum.
Salve radix sancta
Ex qua mundo lux est orta.

Salve gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa.
Vale, valde decora
Et pro nobis semper Christum exora.

O salutaris hostia,
Quae caeli pandis ostium.
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.

English translation:

Hail, queen of heavens, hail, lady of angels, hail, holy root from which the light for the world is born.

Hail, glorious, more than all magnificent, Greetings, greatly graceful one and always pray Christ for us.

O host of salvation, that opens heaven's gates, hostile wars oppress us. Lend strength, grant assistance.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Ave ... exora = one of the main Marian antiphons, Cantus ID 001542

O salutaris ... auxilium = stanza from the Corpus Christi hymn Verbum supernum prodiens by St. Thomas Aquinas, AH 50, No. 388/4, pp. 588-589, Cantus ID 830336d

Related texts in polyphonic sources:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 75v-76r, Fide lapsa penitus (anon. a 4) (=M109, T109)

T035 Ave regina caelorum ave domina angelorum

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O virginum praeclara

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts and observances

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O virginum praeclara Maria sanctissima <?> tuum factorem, redemptorem saeculi.

O gloriosa domina,
Excelsa supra sidera,
Qui te creavit provide
Lactasti sacro ubere.

Tu reddis almo germine,
Intrent ut astra flebiles
Caeli fenestra facta es.

Tu regis alti ianua
Et porta lucis fulgida.
Vitam datam per virginem,
Gentes redemptae, plaudite.

Domus pudici pectoris,
Templum repente fidei
Verbo concepit filium
Iesum Christum.

English translation:

O renowned virgin holiest Mary, <?> your maker, redeemer of the ages.

O lady glorious, excelling the stars, He who created you with providence, you fed with your holy breast.

You returned by a restoring offshoot, so that those worthy of being beweeped could enter the heavens, you were made the heaven's window.

You door of the high king and shining gate of light. Redeemed people, applaud the life given by a virgin.

The house of a modest breast, the unexpected temple of faith conceived a son, Jesu Christ through the word.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

O gloriosa ... plaudite = Marian hymn, AH 50, No. 72, pp. 86-87, st. 6-8
domina] femina
Lactas sacrato] lactasti sacro
the first line of st. 7, Quod Eva tristis abstulit, is missing in our text

Domus ... fidei = Sedulius’ hymn A solis ortus cardine, AH 50, No. 53/2, p. 58-60, st. 4
fidei] fit Dei
Verbo concepit filium / Iesum Christum] Intacta nesciens virum / Verbo creavit (concepit in several mss.) filium

Related texts in polyphonic sources:

I-Mfd 1, 149v-150r and I-Mfd 2, 36v-37r, Ave virgo gloriosa Maria mater gratiae (L. Compère)

Further notes:

O gloriosa ... plaudite is the continuation of T036.

T037 O virginum praeclara

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Fit porta Christi pervia

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts and observances

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Fit porta Christi pervia
Refulta plena gratia
Transitque rex et permanet
Clausa ut fuit per saecula.

Genus superni luminis
Processit aula virginis
Sponsus redemptor conditor
Suae gigas ecclesiae.

Honor matris et gaudium,
Immensa spes credentium,
Per atra mortis pocula
Resolvit nostra crimina.

Maria mater gratiae,
mater misericordiae,
Tu nos ab hoste protege
Et hora mortis suscipe.

Gloria tibi domine
Qui natus es de virgine
Cum patre, sancto spiritu
In sempiterna saecula.
Amen.

English translation:

Christ´s door is made open, fully shone with grace, and the king passes and it stays closed, like it was before, throughout the ages.

The descendant of celestial light, He proceeded through the virgin's hall; husband, savior, creator, His church's giant.

His mother's honour and joy, huge hope of the faithful; In death's dark cups He dissolves our crime.

Mary, mother of grace, mother of mercy, protect us from the enemy and pick us up on death's day.

Glory to you Lord, born from the virgin, with father and Holy Ghost for ever-eternal ages.
Amen.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Fit ... crimina, compare with variant versions of Sedulius’ Hymn A solis ortus cardine, AH 27, No. 82, pp. 117-118
luminis] numinis

Maria ... suscipe = hymn for the Little Office of the BVM, see ad Primam et Tertiam, AH 12, No. 72, p. 48
mater] plena

Gloria ... Amen, standard doxology of several Marian hymns

Further notes:

The presence of the stanza “Maria mater gratiae...” has been associated with Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza: see notably MACEY 1996.

T038 Fit porta Christi pervia

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Alma redemptoris mater

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts and observances

Full text:

Alma redemptoris mater, quae pervia caeli
Porta manes et stella maris, succurre cadenti
Surgere qui curat populo. Tu, quae genuisti,
Natura mirante, tuum sanctum genitorem;
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.

English translation:

Kind mother of the redeemer, you who remain as an open gate of heaven, and star of the sea;
Succor the people, falling though trying to rise. You who begot in miraculous manner your holy begetter;
Virgin before and after, accepting this Ave from Gabriel's mouth, have mercy of the sinners.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

One of the four main Marian antiphons (sung at compline from the Saturday before Advent until the Purification of the BVM), AH 50, No. 244, pp. 317-318

T040 Alma redemptoris mater

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O pulcherrima mulierum

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts and observances

Full text:

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.

English translation:

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.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

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

T042 O pulcherrima mulierum

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O Maria clausus hortus

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts (Conception)

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O Maria clausus hortus,
Naufragantis mundi portus,
Placa nobis qui te fecit,
Matrem sibi quam elegit.

Audi virgo glorifica,
Post filium spes unica.
Clemens et imperiosa,
Nostra dele maculosa.
Accepta nostra cantica,
Impetra pulchra caelica.

Ave decus virgineum,
Ave iubar aethereum,
Adsit praesens solemnitas
Nobis perpes iocunditas.

Tua namque veneratio
Summis est gratulatio.

English translation:

O Mary closed garden, harbour for the shipwrecked world; Reconcile us with who formed you, him who chose you as his mother.

Hear us, virgin glorious, only hope after your son. Gracious and imperious, delete our sinful affairs. Accept our songs, obtain our pardon, celestial, beauteous.

Hail, virginal beauty, hail celestial light, may this thanksgiving feast be an enjoyment for us.

Your veneration is namely a compliment for the highest things.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

From a (widespread) rhymed office for the Conception of the BVM, AH 5, No. 12, pp. 47-50, (see also MONE 2, No. 326, pp. 8-15)
O Maria ... elegit = 3rd antiphon at First Vespers

Audi ... caelica = Antiphon for the 3rd Nocturn at Matins (in monastic breviaries only)
Accepta] Acceptans
pulchra] fulcra

Ave ... gratulatio = Magnificat antiphon at First Vespers
Adsit ] Nobis
Nobis] Da sit
veneratio] conceptio

Further notes:

Even though the text derives from a rhymed office for the Conception of the BVM, all references to that particular feast are avoided or omitted, so the text seems to be a multi-purpose Marian prayer. According to GASSER 2001, 290, moreover, the first two stanzas also appear in certain fifteenth-century books of hours as antiphon for Prime and Sext in the Office of the BVM (with reference to the Horae of Catherine of Cleves, c. 1470).

T044 O Maria clausus hortus

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Mater patris filia

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts and observances

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Mater patris filia,
Mulier laetitiae,
Stella maris eximia
Audi nostra suspiria.

Regina poli curiae,
Mater misericordiae,
Sis reis porta veniae.

Maria, propter filium
Confer nobis remedium.
Bone fili, prece matris
Dona tuis regna patris.

English translation:

Mother daughter of the Father, woman of joy, special star of the sea, hear our sorrows.

Queen of heaven’s court, mother of compassion, be for those who are guilty a door of forgiveness.

Maria, because of your son, give us the remedy. Good son, on your mother's appeal, give the father’s kingdom to your people.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Marian prosa, sometimes included in a week-long rhythmic office of the BVM as a Magnificat antiphon at Vespers on Feria II, RH 2, No. 11349, p. 94 and AH 46, No. 152, p. 202
filia] et filia
Mulier letitiae] Supernorum laetitia
the third line of st. 2, missing in our text, is In hac valle miseriae
remedium] praesidium
regna] regnum

T045 Mater patris filia

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Tota pulchra es

Liturgical/devotional association:

Marian feasts (Nativity; Assumption)

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Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te. Favus distillans labia tua, mel et lac sub lingua tua. Odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata. Iam enim hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit, flores apparuerunt, vineae florentes odorem dederunt et vox turturis audita est in terra nostra. Surge, propera amica mea et veni, veni de Libano, veni coronaberis.

English translation:

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. Thy lips drop as the honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; And how much better is the smell of thine ointments than all spiced! For lo, the winter is passed, the rain is over and gone; The flowers have opened, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell; And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Arise my love, and come away. Come with me from Lebanon, come and be crowned.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

See CAO 2, No. 485 (Nativity of the BVM); CAO 3, No. 508 (Vespers antiphon for the Assumption of the BVM)

Related texts in polyphonic sources:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 70v-71r, Tota pulchra es amica mea (attr. F. Gaffurius) (= M006, T006)

T046 Tota pulchra es

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Spiritus domini replevit

Liturgical/devotional association:

Pentecost

Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit

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Spiritus domini replevit orbem terrarum alleluia et hoc quod continet omnia, scientiam habet vocis alleluia.

English translation:

The spirit of the Lord filled the world, alleluia, and that which contains all things has knowledge of the voice alleluia.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Introit for Pentecost Sunday, Cantus ID g01090. This text is also used in other chants of both mass and offices on or around the feast of Pentecost.

Related texts in other sources:

Introit for Pentecost with psalm "omnium est enim artifex" and introit for the votive mass De Spiritu Sancto with psalm Exurgat deus, in: Zarotto 1474, ff. 98v and 165v.

T136 Spiritus domini replevit

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Veni sancte spiritus

Liturgical/devotional association:

Pentecost

Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit

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Veni sancte spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. Qui per diversitatem linguarum cunctarum gentes in unitate fidei congregasti alleluia alleluia.

English translation:

Come Holy spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful people and ignite a fire of love for you in them: you who gathered the people in the unity of faith across the diversity of all the tongues. Alleluia, alleluia.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Antiphon for Pentecost Sunday, Cantus ID 005327
unitate] unitatem

Related texts in other sources:

2nd verse to the gradual for the votive mass of the Holy Spirit, in: Zarotto 1474.

T137 Veni sancte spiritus

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Beata gens

Liturgical/devotional association:

17th Sunday after Pentecost

Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit

Full text:

Beata gens cuius est dominus deus eorum populus quem elegit in hereditatem sibi. Verbo domini caeli firmati sunt et spiritu oris eius omnis virtus eorum.

English translation:

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and by the breath of his mouth their whole virtue.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Gradual for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, Cantus ID g01217

Related texts in other sources:

Gradual of the votive mass De Spiritu Sancto, in Zarotto 1474, f. 166r

T138 Beata gens

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Sancti spiritus adsit

Liturgical/devotional association:

Pentecost

Full text:

Sancti spiritus adsit nobis gratia
quae corda nostra sibi faciat habitacula.
Spiritus alme illustrator cordium
horridas nostrae mentis purga tenebras.

Veni creator spiritus,
mentes tuorum visita.
imple superna gratia
quae tu creasti pectora.

English translation:

The holy spirit's favour be among us,
That he makes himself our hearts his home.
Nourishing spirit, illumination of the hearts,
Purge the horrid darkness of our mind.

Come creator spirit visit your children's thoughts, fill with celestial grace the hearts that you created.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Sancti...habitacula = Sequence for Pentecost, ascribed to Notker, AH 53, No. 70, pp. 119-122, st. 1-2
adsit] assit
habitacula] habitaculum

Spiritus...tenebras = Sequence for Pentecost, ascribed to Notker, AH 53, No. 70, pp. 119-122, st. 4-5
cordium] hominum

Veni creator ... pectora = Hymn for Pentecost, ascr. to Pope Innocens III, AH 54, No. 153, pp. 234-239, st. 1

Related texts in polyphonic sources:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 60v-61r, Sancti Spiritus adsit (anon. a 4) (= M096, T096)

I-TRbc MS 1378 [91] (“Trent 91”), ff. 174v-177r Sancti Spiritus assit nobis gratia (anon.)

D-Mbs 3154, ff. 359v-362r Sancti Spiritus assit nobis gratia (anon. a 5)

Related texts in other sources:

Sequence for Pentecost, in Zarotto 1474, ff. 95v-96.

T140 Sancti spiritus adsit

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Loquebantur variis linguis

Liturgical/devotional association:

Pentecost

Full text:

Loquebantur variis linguis apostoli alleluia magnalia Dei alleluia prout spiritus sanctus dabat eloqui illis alleluia.

English translation:

The apostles spoke in various tongues, alleluia, the wonderful works of God, alleluia, as the spirit gave them utterance, alleluia.

Correspondences in standard ref works:

Responsory for the octave of Pentecost, Cantus ID 007101

Related texts in other sources:

Alleluia for Pentecost Monday, see Zarotto 1474, f. 96v
Alleluia. Loquebantur variis linguis apostoli magnalia dei. Alleluia. Veni sancte spiritus.

T238 Loquebantur variis linguis

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