T073 Ave decus virginale

Tags: 
Verse
Composite text
To/about Mary
Standardised text incipit: 
Ave decus virginale
Reference sources: 

Full text: I-Mfd 3, ff. 127v-128r
Translation: GASSER 2001, 527-528, rev. Eva Ferro

Full text: 

Ave decus virginale
Templum dei speciale
Per te fiat veniale
Omne quod committimus.

O domina piissima,
Omni laude dignissima
Fac nos digne te laudare,
Venerari et amare.

O domina deo cara
Stirpe decens et praeclara
Sed meritis praeclarior.

O domina dominarum,
O regina reginarum
Propter tuam pietatem
Pelle nostram paupertatem.

O preclara stella maris
Quae cum deo gloriaris
Nos ad portum fac venire
Nunquam sinas nos perire.

English translation: 

Hail, virginal splendor, special temple of God, through you may every sin we committ be forgivable. 

O most pious lady, worthiest of every praise, make us praise you worthily, venerate, and love. 

O lady dear to God, becoming and beautiful in lineage, but more beautiful through [your] merits.

O lady of ladies, o queen of queens, banish our poverty through your compassion.

O beautiful star of the sea, you who pride yourself with God, allow us to come to haven, never allow us to perish.

Subject: 
BVM
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Marian feasts and observances
Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Ave ... committimus = Marian sequence Ave virgo gratiosa (related with Ave virgo gloriosa), AH 54, No. 278, pp. 419-422, st. 7

O domina ... perire = Marian prayer O Maria mater Dei, AH 46, No. 129, p. 172, st. 5, 6 and 9
domina] Maria
nos] me
O domina deo ... praeclarior] no correspondence
Pelle nostram] Tolle meam
Nos ad portum fac] Fac me ad portum
nos] me
(better correspondence, including the st. missing in AH, in the Burnet Psalter, ff. 103r-103v)

see also the Marian prayer Ave regina coelorum / clarum iubar supernorum, AH 32, No. 27, pp. 43-47, st. IX/7, IX/9, X/1 and XI/1
O domina piissima, / Omni laude] O virgo nobilissima / dulcissima
nos] me
Venerari et amare] Tecum semper habitare
praeclarior] preclarior / Moribusque nobilior
o regina] tu regina
pietatem] dignitatem
pelle nostram paupertatem] Et meam malignitatem
cum deo] in aevum
Nos] Me
Numquam sinas nos] Neques sinas me

Literature: 
GASSER 2001
, 308; 527-528
Further notes: 

Motets with this text

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
I-Mfd 3
127v-128r 		Ave decus virginale
ID: M073 		-
[Compère, Loyset] 		Loco Credo C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha
T073 Ave decus virginale