T252 Iesus dominus exspiravit

Tags: 
Verse
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
Iesus dominus exspiravit
Reference sources: 

Full text: D-Mbs 3154, f. 45r
Translation: Eva Ferro

Full text: 

Iesus dominus exspiravit,
Heli clamans animam Patri commendavit.
Latus eius lancea miles perforavit,
Terra <tunc> contremuit et sol obscuravit.

 

English translation: 

Lord Jesus breathed his last breath, and crying out “Heli” he commended his spirit to the father.
The soldier pierced his side with the lance, the earth trembled and the sun eclipsed.

 

Subject: 
Christ; Passion; the Cross
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Short Office of the Cross
Passion rituals and observances
Correspondences in standard ref works: 

Hymn De Passione Domini, ad nonam, AH 30, No. 13, pp. 32-35, st. 5
Iesus dominus exspiravit] Hora nona dominus Iesus exspiravit
 

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

MotettiB, ff. 52v-53r, Hora nona dominus (L. Compère) (= M182, T182)

Further notes: 

Continuation of T249-251 and T253, continued (with interpolations) in T254-256.

Motets with this text

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Source Motet incipit Attribution Rubric Cycle / Text
D-Mbs 3154
045r 		Iesus dominus exspiravit
ID: M252 		-
Anonymous 		post elevationem C56 Natus sapientia
T252 Iesus dominus exspiravit