Full text: I-Mfd 1, ff. 174v-175r
Translation: Eva Ferro, after Nicholas Robertson
Genuit puerpera regem quem laudant angeli throni et dominationes.
Christe, redemptor omnium,
Ex patre patris unice,
Solus ante principium
Natus ineffabiliter.
Tu lumen, tu splendor patris,
Tu spes perennis omnium,
Intende quas fundunt preces
Tui per orbem famuli.
The pregnant woman bore the King, whom Angels, Thrones and Dominations praise.
Christ the redeemer of all, only son from and of the Father, the only born ineffably before the beginning.
You light, you splendour of the Father, you eternal hope of all: receive the prayers offered by your servants throughout the globe.
Genuit ... regem = antiphon at Lauds for Christmas, Cantus ID 002938
Genuit puerpera regem cui nomen aeternum et gaudium matris habens cum virginitate pudoris nec primam similem visa est nec habere sequentem alleluia.
quem ... dominationes ≈ the only known source for this exact string of text is a Mass preface included for instance in Grimald of St. Gall (9th cent.), Praefationes antiquae (Patrologia Latina 121, 0921C-D, see Corpus corporum: repositorium operum Latinorum apud universitatem Turicensem)
Aeterne Deus. Per Christum Dominum nostrum [...] praesta per eumdem sanctum et gloriosum et adorandum Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum Filium tuum, quem laudant angeli, throni et dominationes. Cum quibus, etc.
Christe ... famuli = Christmas hymn Christe redemptor omnium, Cantus ID 008277, st. 1-2
| Source | Motet incipit | Attribution | Rubric | Cycle / Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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I-Mfd 1 174v-175r |
Genuit puerpera regem ID: M062 |
Loyset (index; as part of C17) Compère, Loyset |
loco offertorii |
C17 Hodie nobis de virgine T062 Genuit puerpera regem |
