M153 O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum

Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum
Standardised composer: 
Josquin des Prez
Attribution notes: 
"Josquin" (MotettiB; as part of C41)
In cycle(s): 
C41 O domine Iesu Christe / Officium de passione
Reference source: 
MotettiB, No. 2, ff. 3v-4r
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 

Length: 
63
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c2c4c4f4
Final: 
A
Music incipit: 
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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.

Modern editions: 
NJE 22 (No. 1); DRAKE 1972; SCHERING 1931
Discography: 
Further notes: 

See also The Josquin Research Project.

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: 

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

Music incipit (MEI): 
File M153ODICAdoroTeInCruceVulneratum.xml

Sources with this motet

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
MotettiB
No. 2: 003v-004r 		O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum
ID: M153 		Josquin (as part of C41)
Josquin des Prez 		- C41 O domine Iesu Christe / Officium de passione
T153a O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum