T065 Quem vidistis pastores

Tags: 
Prose
Composite text
To/about Jesus
To/about Mary
About Christmas
Standardised text incipit: 
Quem vidistis pastores
Reference sources: 

Full text: I-Mfd 1, ff. 177v-178r
Translation: Nicholas Robertson

Full text: 

Quem vidistis pastores? Dicite, annuntiate nobis. Quis apparuit in terris? In choro angelorum natum vidimus salvatorem dominum quem genuit puerpera cui nomen aeternum et gaudia matris habens cum virginitatis honore. Nec primam similem visa est nec habere sequentem.

English translation: 

Whom did you see, shepherds? Say, tell us. Who has appeared on earth? We saw the son in the choir of angels, Saviour and Lord. He who the mother gave birth to, who, having the eternal name and joys of a mother, yet is seen with the honour of virginity, having none like her before, nor any following.

 

Subject: 
Christ; Incarnation; BVM; Nativity
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Christmas
Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Quem ... dominum ≈ Responsory at Matins for Christmas, Cantus ID 007470
Quem vidistis pastores dicite annuntiate nobis in terris quis apparuit natum vidimus in choro angelorum salvatorem dominum.

genuit ... sequentem ≈ 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.

Further notes: 

Motets with this text

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
I-Mfd 1
177v-178r 		Quem vidistis pastores
ID: M065 		Loyset (index; as part of C17)
Compère, Loyset 		loco Agnus C17 Hodie nobis de virgine
T065 Quem vidistis pastores