MCE 03-05 O Maria in supremo sita poli
Motet
Text (ed. by Eva Ferro)
Edition |
English translation |
O Maria, |
O Mary, |
O Maria, stella maris, |
O Mary, star of the sea, |
Ave, solem genuisti, |
Hail, you who have brought forth the Sun, |
O Maria, |
O Mary, |
O regina pietatis, |
O Queen of pity, |
The textual edition of this motet is based on one source, Librone 3, ff. 130v–131r, where the motet was written by Scribe I. The scribe made no substantial mistakes in this case.
The topic is again that of Marian devotion. The motet text consists of a series of verses taken from different sequences dedicated to the Virgin Mary, for instance from Salve mater salvatoris, which was used often throughout the repertory of the Libroni; from Verbum bonum et suave, a very popular sequence in late medieval times that was already used in other motets of this cycle (Ave, salus infirmorum; Ave, sponsa verbi summi); and from Ave virgo gloriosa. All verses except the third open with an invocation of Mary (‘O Maria’, ‘O regina’) that in some cases (verses 1 and 4) was introduced even when the model or original sequence did not entail it. This modification generates an impression of greater uniformity in the motet, in which each section begins by addressing Mary directly.
Measure | Voice | Source | Category | Comment | Image |
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I-Mfd3 | designation of voices | –, Altus, Tenor primus, Tenor secundus, Bassus | |||
I-Mfd3 | clefs | original clefs: c1, c4, c4, c4, f4 | |||
4 | 1 2 3 5 | I-Mfd3 | musical symbols | barline after the Br with fermata | |
72 | I-Mfd3 | rubrics and verbal directions | ‘Verte folium’ at the end of f. 131r, pointing to the following motet |
Text
Edition | English translation |
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O Maria, |
O Mary, |
O Maria, stella maris, |
O Mary, star of the sea, |
Ave, solem genuisti, |
Hail, you who have brought forth the Sun, |
O Maria, |
O Mary, |
O regina pietatis, |
O Queen of pity, |