M033 Salve virgo virginum

Standardised text incipit: 
Salve virgo virginum
Standardised composer: 
Weerbeke, Gaspar van
Attribution notes: 
"Gaspar" (I-Mfd 1, index; as part of C12a)
In cycle(s): 
C12a Ave mundi domina
Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 128v-129r
Number of voices: 
4
Mensuration: 
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Length: 
69
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
G
Music incipit: 
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Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti): 
Modern editions: 
AMMM 11, 20-23; CMM 106.3; MCE 5.3
GCO Catalogue: 
[I.92]
Discography: 
Further notes: 

See also the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Text details

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Salve virgo virginum
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Marian feasts and observances
Full text: 

Salve virgo virginum,
Salve lumen luminum,
Ave salus hominum.

Mater Christi,
Peperisti
       Regem regum hominum.

Gaude, pura
Spes futura
       Sperantium
Mortis hora
Dominum exora
       Ne damnemur in aeternum.

Speciosa
       Dux errantium,
Gloriosa
       Vox laetantium.
In hac valle sis te laudantium
Consolatrix apud patrem et filium.

English translation: 

Hail, virgin of virgins. Hail, light of lights. Hail, salvation of the humankind.

Mother of Christ, you bore the king of kings of men.

Rejoice, o pure, hope of those who await the things to come. Pray the Lord at the hour of death, so that we be not damned for eternity.

Beautiful leader of the lost, glorious voice of the joyous, be the solace of those who praise you in this valley, by the Father and the Son.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Rhymed antiphon super Salve regina, MONE 2, No. 493, p. 213 (found in two 14th-century notated mss: Bamberg [Ed. IV, 6] and, as tropes, Munich [Clm 5539], ff. 78-79)
after luminum adds two lines:
vale dulce lilium /dulce dans consilium,
regum hominum] omnium
Sperantium] desperantium
mortis ... exora] tu in hora / mortis ora / Christum dominum
aeternum] opprobrium
Speciosa] Speciosa / pretiosa
gloriosa] generosa, gloriosa
In hac valle sis] sis in hac valle
Consolatrix] Consolatrix et gaudium
after filium adds two lines:
o clemens, o pia, / o dulcis Maria!

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

F-MO H 196, ff. 367v-368v (anon., three-voice setting: Salve virgo virginum, salve lumen / Est il donc einsi / Aptatur)

T033 Salve virgo virginum

Music incipit (MEI): 
File M033SalveVirgoVirginum.xml

Sources with this motet

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
I-Mfd 1
128v-129r 		Salve virgo virginum
ID: M033 		Gaspar (index; as part of C12a)
Weerbeke, Gaspar van 		- C12a Ave mundi domina
T033 Salve virgo virginum