M156 O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem

Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem
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. 6v-7r
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 

Length: 
114
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c2c4c4f4
Final: 
D
Music incipit: 
agfgafef
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Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti): 
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 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

Music incipit (MEI): 
File M156ODICPropterIllamAmaritudinem.xml

Sources with this motet

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
MotettiB
No. 2: 006v-007r 		O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem
ID: M156 		Josquin (as part of C41)
Josquin des Prez 		- C41 O domine Iesu Christe / Officium de passione
T156a O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem