Rejoice because the mages bring good gifts for your newborn, who you keep in your womb.
Rejoice because this happy newborn of yours was presented to the testimony of the law.
Full text: MotettiC, No. 39, ff. 29r (S), 30r (A), 27v (T), 27v (B); I-Mfd [4], ff. 115v-116r (see Further notes)
Translation: Eva Ferro
Gaude quia magi dona
Tuo nato ferunt bona
Quem tenes in gremio.
Gaude quod est praesentatus
Felix iste tuus natus
Legis testimonio.
Rejoice because the mages bring good gifts for your newborn, who you keep in your womb.
Rejoice because this happy newborn of yours was presented to the testimony of the law.
Gaude quod...gremio - compare with rhymed prayer De 7 gaudiis BMV, AH 31, No. 176, pp. 180-181, st. 4, lines 1-3
Gaude, quod tres dona ferunt
Nato, quem adoraverunt
Virgineo in gremio,
Gaude quia...testimonio - compare with rhymed prayer De 7 gaudiis BMV, AH 31, No. 176, pp. 180-181, st. 6, lines 1-3
Gaude, virgo, praesentatus
Per te quod est tuus natus
Legis testimonio,
Gaude quod...gremio - compare with rhymed prayer Gaudia b.M.v., MONE 2, p. 163
Gaude quod tres reges
Dona ferunt nato,
Quem adoraverunt
In felici gremio.
I-Mfd [4] has the following text:
Gaude quod tria tuo
Dona magi ferunt nato,
Quem adoraverunt
Felici in gremio.
Gaude quod est praesentatus
Felix iste tuus natus
Legis testimonio.
Source | Motet incipit | Attribution | Rubric | Cycle / Text |
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I-Mfd [4] 115v-116r |
Gaude quia magi dona ID: M133 |
- Anonymous |
- |
C36 Gaudeamus omnes in domino T133 Gaude quia magi dona |
MotettiC No. 37: S:029r A:030r T:027v B:027v |
Gaude quia magi dona ID: M133 |
- Anonymous |
- |
C36 Gaudeamus omnes in domino T133 Gaude quia magi dona |