MCE 08-06 Iesus dominus exspiravit
Motet
Text (ed. by Eva Ferro)
Edition |
Translation |
Iesus[i] dominus exspiravit[ii], |
The Lord Jesus breathed his last breath, |
[i] Iesus] Ihesus D-Mbs 3154, C
[ii] exspiravit] expiravit D-Mbs 3154, C
[iii] Heli] hely D-Mbs 3154, C
This edition is based on D-Mbs 3154, f. 45r. Only orthographical variants affect the text of this motet, namely the spelling of Iesus as ‘Ihesus’, a variant common in medieval Latin, and of Heli as ‘Hely’. For further information see the General commentary.
Measure | Voice | Source | Category | Comment | Image |
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D-Mbs_3154 | designation of voices | –, Contratenor, Tenor, Contratenor | |||
D-Mbs_3154 | rubrics and verbal directions | the loco rubric was added by a different hand | |||
1 2 3 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | clefs | clefs are missing in all the voices; the original clefs must have been c1, c3, c3, f3 | ||
1 2 3 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | key signatures | key signatures are oddly placed in all the voices; for further details, see the Introduction | ||
1 2 3 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | mensuration and proportion signs | mensuration signs are missing; however, they probably were not inserted on purpose, to indicate the indefinite duration of the five Lo with fermatas; therefore, no mensuration signs have been added to the edition | ||
1 2 3 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | text underlay | the text is only underlaid in the C; no text in the other voices | ||
17 | 1 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | the dot between the Sb g and b is a wrong punctum divisionis or, even more probable, an unintentional stain | Show |
17 | 2 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | Sb c' instead of d'; the c' has been written over an erased Sb e' | Show |
19 | 1 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | Sb and Br a' instead of b' | |
26 | 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | coloration | the Br must be ternary even if it is blackened | |
42 | 2 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | Mi c' instead of f' | |
43-44 | 3 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | ligatures | lig. splitted in order to accommodate all the syllables |
Text
Edition | Translation |
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Iesus dominus exspiravit, |
The Lord Jesus breathed his last breath, |