M193 Pacis in terris

Standardised text incipit: 
Pacis in terris
Standardised composer: 
Anonymous
In cycle(s): 
C47a Virgo praecellens (5 motets)
C47b Virgo praecellens (4 motets)
Reference source: 
I-Rvat CS 15, ff. 232v-233r
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 

Length: 
47
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
G
Music incipit: 
.......b
.......d
bagba.dc
gdfedfef
Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti): 
Modern editions: 
SCM 2
Discography: 

Recorded by Cappella pratensis: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3971223. Fragments online at https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/EAX0513.

Further notes: 

Text details

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Pacis in terris
Full text: 

Pacis in terris chorus angelorum
Nuntiat tempus cui bona voluntas,
Laudibus quo te veneramur unam,
Sancta Maria.

English translation: 

The choir of the angels announces the time of peace on earth to the man of good will, in which time we venerate you alone with praises, holy Mary.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

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

Related texts in other sources: 

Compare the original poem on which the contrafactum is based (Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Metrum saphicum adonium de nativitate Domini, in Epigrammata), st. 5:
Pacis in terris chorus angelorum
Nunciat tempus, bona cui voluntas.
O puer, quantis venerare signis,
Dum venis ad nos.

Further notes: 

This text observes the form of the Sapphic stanza.
Continuation of T191-192, continued in T194-195 (see the relevant records for a comparison of original and contrafacted stanzas).

T193 Pacis in terris

Music incipit (MEI): 
File M193PacisInTerris.xml