M241 Gaude flore virginali

Standardised text incipit: 
Gaude flore virginali
Standardised composer: 
Attribution notes: 
NOBLITT 1963, 144-50 and 1968 proposed an attribution to Johannes Martini. The same scholar renounced the attribution in EdM 83, 364.
Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 38v-39r
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 

Length: 
60
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
ccbagacb
ccdefgfd
gagfedgf
cfgabcag
Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti): 
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 135-137; MCE 7.1
Discography: 
Further notes: 

Text details

Standardised text incipit: 
Gaude flore virginali
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Marian feasts and observances
Full text: 

Gaude, flore virginali
Honoreque speciali
Transcendis splendiferum
Angelorum principatum
Et sanctorum decoratum
Dignitate numerum.

 

English translation: 

Rejoice, through your virginal flower and special honor you surpass the magnificent host of the angels and the multitude of saints adorned with worthiness.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Oratio De 7 gaudiis caelestibus BMV, ascr. to Thomas Becket, AH 31, No. 189, pp. 198-199, st. 1

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

I-Fn Panc. 27, No. 48, Gaude flore virginali (anon.) 

I-Mb Braidense AD.XIV.49, No. 7, f. 84v, Gaude flore virginali (anon.) 

I-TRbc MS 1563, No. 2, Gaude flore virginali (anon.) 

I-Vnm MS It. IX. 145, ff. 127-128, Gaude flore virginali (anon.) 

Further notes: 

T242-247 are the (partially interpolated) continuation of this text.

Music incipit (MEI): 

Sources with this motet

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
D-Mbs 3154
038v-039r
Gaude flore virginali
ID: M241
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Anonymous
- C55 Gaude flore virginali
T241 Gaude flore virginali