MCE 08-05 Iugo est crucis conclavatus

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Text (ed. by Eva Ferro)

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Iugo[1] est crucis[2] conclavatus
Et est cum latronibus pendens reputatus.
Prae tormentis sitiens[i] felle saturatus,
Agnus crimen diluit sic deificatus.

He was nailed to the yoke of the cross
and sentenced to death with the thieves.
Thirsty for the tortures, filled with gall,
the lamb that was deified in this way washed away the crime.

Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because through your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.


[1] iugo] iugi D-Mbs 3154, C

[2] crucis] cruci D-Mbs 3154, C


[i] sitiens] siciens D-Mbs 3154, C

This edition is based on D-Mbs 3154, ff. 46v–47r. The first line needed to be corrected in two places: the original ‘iugi’ (‘of the yoke’) was corrected to ‘iugo’ (‘to the yoke’) and ‘cruci’ (‘to the cross’) was corrected to ‘crucis’ (‘of the cross’). These corrections were made to recuperate the original sense of the sentence, which states that Jesus was nailed to the yoke of the cross. For further comments see the General commentary.

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Measure Voice Source Category Comment Image
D-Mbs_3154 designation of voices –, Contratenor, Tenor, C[ontratenor]
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 text underlay the text is only underlaid in the C; no text in the other voices
3 1 D-Mbs_3154 pitch and rhythm last g' Sm corrected in Mi by enlarging the head of the note Show
7 2 D-Mbs_3154 pitch and rhythm Mi c' crossed out between the rest and the Mi d' Show
18 1 D-Mbs_3154 pitch and rhythm c' Sb and Mi rest instead of dotted Sb
19 1 D-Mbs_3154 musical symbols fermata missing
20 2 3 4 D-Mbs_3154 mensuration and proportion signs cut C missing
26 2 D-Mbs_3154 musical symbols fermata missing
26 2 D-Mbs_3154 pitch and rhythm the Br is blackened uselessly, since it is already binary; probably the blackening is a mistake linked to the blackening of the following three notes
27 1 2 3 4 D-Mbs_3154 mensuration and proportion signs cut C in all the voices
31-32 2 D-Mbs_3154 pitch and rhythm the tie is editorial
33 2 D-Mbs_3154 musical symbols fermata missing
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Iugo est crucis conclavatus
Et est cum latronibus pendens reputatus.
Prae tormentis sitiens felle saturatus,
Agnus crimen diluit sic deificatus.

He was nailed to the yoke of the cross
and sentenced to death with the thieves.
Thirsty for the tortures, filled with gall,
the lamb that was deified in this way washed away the crime.

Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because through your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.