Motet Cycles Database

Attribution notes:

"Josquin" (MotettiB)

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

Reference source:

MotettiB, No. 3, ff. 7v-14r

Other sources:

(for partial concordances, see the records of the individual motets)

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c3c4f4

c2c4c4f4/c2c3c4f4

c2c4c4f4

c2c3c4f4

Final:

E/E/A/E/E/E

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, Passion, Holy Cross

Description:

The cycle consists of six motets, the third and the sixth subdivided into two partes. The texts are stanzas from an Office of the Passion attributed to St. Bonaventure.

Modern editions:

DRAKE 2002; NJE 22 (No. 3)

Literature:

THORAVAL 2019

, 101, 108-115

Discography:

Further notes:

See information on this cycle as part of The Josquin Research Project.

Motets in this cycle

Displaying 1 - 6 of 6

MotettiB
Source	Motet incipit	Attribution	Rubric	Cycle / Text
MotettiB No. 3: 007v-008r	Qui velatus facie fuisti ID: M157	Josquin Josquin des Prez	-	C42 Qui velatus facie fuisti T157 Qui velatus facie fuisti
MotettiB No. 3: 008v-009r	Hora qui ductus tertia ID: M158	Josquin (as part of C42) Josquin des Prez	-	C42 Qui velatus facie fuisti T158 Hora qui ductus tertia
MotettiB No. 3: 009v-010r	In flagellis potum fellis : Honor et benedictio ID: M159	Josquin (as part of C42) Josquin des Prez	-	C42 Qui velatus facie fuisti T159 In flagellis potum fellis
MotettiB No. 3: 010v-011r	In amara crucis ara ID: M160	Josquin (as part of C42) Josquin des Prez	-	C42 Qui velatus facie fuisti T160 In amara crucis ara
MotettiB No. 3: 011v-012r	Qui iacuisti mortuus ID: M161	Josquin (as part of C42) Josquin des Prez	-	C42 Qui velatus facie fuisti T161 Qui iacuisti mortuus
MotettiB No. 3: 012v-014r	Christum ducem : Nostrum tangat ID: M162	Josquin (as part of C42) Josquin des Prez	-	C42 Qui velatus facie fuisti T162 Christum ducem

Component motets preview

Displaying 1 - 6 of 6

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiB, No. 3, ff. 7v-8r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

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:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

....eegg

aacceefe

...aaccc

.aaccdcd

Modern editions:

NJE 22 (No. 3)

Further notes:

T157 Qui velatus facie fuisti

Text reference:

M157 Qui velatus facie fuisti

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiB, No. 3, ff. 8v-9r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

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:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

....accd

..accddd

..eggaaa

accddddc

Modern editions:

NJE 22 (No. 3)

Further notes:

T158 Hora qui ductus tertia

Text reference:

M158 Hora qui ductus tertia

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiB, No. 3, ff. 9v-10r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The incipit of the hymn Jesu corona virginum (Cantus ID 008330) displays strong similarities with the T opening at "Honor et benedictio...":

1--a---cd---dc--d---f---fe--dc---dff---c--d--dg--fe--d--fe--dc--c-4

"Jesu corona virginum / quem mater illa concipit" (http://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/chant/497580)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c3c4f4

Final:

E / A

Music incipit:

aaaffggg

eecaaddd

accddcag

aafddgge

Modern editions:

NJE 22 (No. 3)

Further notes:

Extract from M159 as Sanctus de Passione in Petrucci’s Fragmenta missarum (RISM 1505/1), No. 23.

T159 In flagellis potum fellis

Text reference:

M159 In flagellis potum fellis : Honor et benedictio

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiB, No. 3, ff. 10v-11r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The hymn Crux fidelis inter omnes (Cantus ID g00959) displays strong similarities with the melodic lines of T and C:

1--d---e--gh--hg--h--k--kj---hg---j--k--lm---hg---k--jh--h---4

"Crux fidelis inter omnes / arbor una nobilis

1--h--hkj---g---ge--f--dc--de--efe---d---dh---hg---ed--f--ed---d--4

nulla tamen silva profert / fronde flore germine." (GT 182)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

..egaag.

...eefed

egaag..g

.eefedcb

Modern editions:

NJE 22 (No. 3); DRAKE 1972

Further notes:

Text reference:

T160 In amara crucis ara

M160 In amara crucis ara

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiB, No. 3, ff. 11v-12r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

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:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

aaaccccg

..eeeggg

.aaacccc

Modern editions:

NJE 22 (No. 3)

Further notes:

T161 Qui iacuisti mortuus

Text reference:

M161 Qui iacuisti mortuus

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiB, No. 3, ff. 12v-14r

Mensuration:



 

Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

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:

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 Speciálník”), pp. 296-299; I-Pc MS A.17, No. 22, ff. 36v-37r.

Text reference:

T162 Christum ducem

M162 Christum ducem : Nostrum tangat