M251 Hora prima ductus est

Standardised text incipit: 
Hora prima ductus est
Standardised composer: 
Anonymous
Attribution notes: 
NOBLITT 1963, 144-50 and 1968 proposed an attribution to Johannes Martini. The same scholar renounced the attribution in EdM 83, 364.
In cycle(s): 
C56 Natus sapientia
Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, f. 44v
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 
 

Length: 
55
Signature: 
bb
Clefs: 
c1c3c3f3
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
..cccbag
..ggabfb
..ceedcb
..cccg.g
Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti): 
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83; MCE 8.3
Literature: 
NOBLITT 1963
, 144-150
NOBLITT 1968
NOBLITT 1987-96 (= EdM 80-83)
, 364
Discography: 
Further notes: 

Text details

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
Hora prima ductus est
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Short Office of the Cross
Passion rituals and observances
Full text: 

Hora prima ductus est <Iesus> ad Pilatum,
Falsis testimoniis multum accusatum.
In collo percutiunt manibus ligatum,
Vultum eius conspuunt, lumen caeli gratum.

 

English translation: 

At the first hour Jesus is brought before Pilatus and is heavily accused by false witnesses.
They strike him on the neck bound by the hands, they spit on his face, gracious light of Heaven.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Hymn De Passione Domini, ad primam, AH 30, No. 13, pp. 32-35, st. 2
eius] dei

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

MotettiB, ff. 49v-50r, Hora prima ductus est (L. Compère) (= M179, T179)

Further notes: 

Continuation of T249-250, continued (with interpolations) in T252-256.

T251 Hora prima ductus est

Music incipit (MEI): 
File M251HoraPrimaDuctusEst.xml

Sources with this motet

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
D-Mbs 3154
044v 		Hora prima ductus est
ID: M251 		-
Anonymous 		loco patrem C56 Natus sapientia
T251 Hora prima ductus est