MACEY 1989 proposed an extended and partially reordered cycle, including Josquin’s “little” Ave Maria and his Tu lumen, tu splendor patris. Elders discusses the hypothesis in the critical notes to the edition of the work in NJE (CC) 25.
This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.
Number of voices:
4
Length:
128
Signature:
-
Clefs:
c2c3c4f4
Final:
A / E
Music incipit:
dfged..d
ddecd..d
..dfged.
..ddecd.
Modern editions:
NJE 22 (No. 3)
Further notes:
Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: RISM 1514/1, No. 25, RISM 1526/2, No. 25; CZ-HKm MS II A 6 (“Franus Cantionale”), ff. 353v-354v; CZ-HKm MS II A 7 (“Codex SpeciálnÃk”), pp. 296-299; I-Pc MS A.17, No. 22, ff. 36v-37r.
The antiphon Intemerata virgo (Cantus ID 003360) displays strong similarities with the melodic lines of C and T (passage from "quae redemptorem ... permansisti"):
This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.
Number of voices:
4
Length:
77
Signature:
b
Clefs:
c1c3c3f3
Final:
G
Music incipit:
.dcdd..d
gfgg..dd
.defd..d
gabg..gg
Modern editions:
NJE 25 (No. 14)
Further notes:
Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: E-Bbc M 454 (“Cancionero musical de Barcelona”), No. 59, ff. 129v-130r; E-SE Ms. s.s. (“Segovia Codex; Cancionero musical de Segovia; Cancionero del Alcázar”), ff. 86v-87r; F-CA MS 125-128, ff. 86v-87r.
This motet displays a structure similar to an Agnus Dei. The incipit of the following Agnus Dei displays similarities to the three passages of "Christe fili dei" in the C:
1--d--f--dce--e--4
"Agnus Dei" (GT 762)
The A is identical to the superius of the anonymous rondeau J'ay pris amour:
The first half of the antiphon O admirabile commercium (Cantus ID 003985) is quoted in the T (passage: "O admirabile ... et procedens homo") and partially in the C (incipit):