MCE 07-05 Gaude mater miserorum

Edition

Motet

The motet is transmitted with some errors (for instance, a missing brevis rest at m. 17 and a superfluous Mi e at m. 21), although the scribe corrected some rhythmical mistakes. A flat is notated at m. 19 before an f'' in the C, but the sign does not seem to be significant. Concerning a possible emendation of the parallel fifths between A and T at mm. 26-27 proposed by RIFKIN 2019 and here discarded, see the Introduction.

Text (ed. by Eva Ferro)

Edition	Translation
Gaude, mater miserorum, Quia pater praemiorum^[1] Dabit te colentibus Congruentem hic mercedem Et felicem^[2] poli sedem Sursum in caelestibus^[3].	Rejoice, mother of the unhappy, because the Father of all rewards will give to those who venerate you a fitting recompense and the happy home of Heaven high in the celestial regions.
Domine Iesu^[i], propitius esto mihi peccatori.	Lord Jesus, be propitious to me, a sinner.
Gaude, humilis beata, Corpore glorificata, Meruisti maxima Fore, tantae dignitatis Ut sis sanctae trinitatis Sessione^[4] proxima.	Rejoice, humble blessed, glorified in the body, you deserved to be the greatest, of such dignity that you are the nearest to the holy Trinity in the sitting order.

^[1] praemiorum] primiorum D-Mbs 3154, C T

^[2] felicem] felici D-Mbs 3154, T

^[3] caelestibus] celestitibus D-Mbs 3154, C

^[4] sessione] fessione D-Mbs 3154, C T

^[i] Iesu] Ihesu D-Mbs 3154, C T

This text was edited according to D-Mbs 3154, ff. 41v–42r. Except for some minor mistakes (‘celestitibus’ for caelestibus in the Cantus) the text was emended in three major instances: first, in line 2 the word ‘primiorum’ (unknown form, possibly wrong spelling for primorum, ‘of the firsts’) has been emended to praemiorum (‘of the rewards’) because this seemed more in line with the context, in which God is described as rewarding those who venerate the Virgin Mary. Secondly, in line 5 ‘felici’ has been corrected to felicem: the adjective should be concordant with the noun sedem (‘felicem poli sedem’, ‘the happy home of Heaven’) and was thus changed into an accusative singular masculine, instead of a dative singular. Lastly, in line 13 the word sessione was wrongly copied in the manuscript, both in the Cantus and the Tenor, as ‘fessione’ and has thus been corrected. For further information on this text, see the General Commentary.

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Measure	Voice	Source	Category	Comment
		D-Mbs_3154	designation of voices	-, Contra[ten]or, Tenor, Contra[ten]or
		D-Mbs_3154	clefs	c1, c3, c3, c4
1-2	1	D-Mbs_3154	coloration	Lo made shorter by two black Sm (black Br included in the Lo is intended; the Lo should be half black)
1-2	4	D-Mbs_3154	coloration	Lo and black Sm notated (black Br included in the Lo is intended; the Lo should be half black)
1-12	1	D-Mbs_3154	text underlay	Gaude mater miserorum quia patrem instead of Gaude mater miserorum
14	2	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	the tie is editorial
11	4	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Mi c instead of Mi d
14-18	1	D-Mbs_3154	text underlay	praemiorum dabit instead of Quia patrem praemiorum
15	4	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Sm c later corrected to Mi c'
17	3	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	the Br rest is missing
19	1	D-Mbs_3154	accidentals	flat notated before the Br rest and Sm f''
20-25	1	D-Mbs_3154	text underlay	te colentibus instead of Dabit te colentibus
21	2	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	superfluous Mi e' notated before the Sb e'
21	4	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Sb b instead of Sb a
29-35	3	D-Mbs_3154	text underlay	Et felicem poli sedem instead of congruentem hic mercedem
33	4	D-Mbs_3154	accidentals	flat notated before c'
66	1	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Br d' instead of Br c'
69	4	D-Mbs_3154	mensuration and proportion signs	C instead of C cut
79	1	D-Mbs_3154	accidentals	flat notated before f''
82	2	D-Mbs_3154	other	Lo e' notated as black note (probably to highlight its optional character or just to give it better visibility)
82-85	3	D-Mbs_3154	text underlay	Meruisti instead of Meruixi maxima (text written continuously without considering the rests in the melodic line)
83	2	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	the tie is editorial
87-90	3	D-Mbs_3154	text underlay	maxima Fore instead of Fore tantae
89-108	4	D-Mbs_3154	clefs	c5 (inserted before the Mi c' of m. 89 and corrected from c4 at the beginning of the last musical staff)
91-99	3	D-Mbs_3154	text underlay	tantae dignitatis…trinitatis instead of dignitatis…trinitatis
99	2	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Sm g' later corrected to Mi g'
108	2	D-Mbs_3154	other	Lo e' notated as black note (probably to highlight its optional character or just to give it better visibility)

Edition	Translation
Gaude, mater miserorum, Quia pater praemiorum Dabit te colentibus Congruentem hic mercedem Et felicem poli sedem Sursum in caelestibus.	Rejoice, mother of the unhappy, because the Father of all rewards will give to those who venerate you a fitting recompense and the happy home of Heaven high in the celestial regions.
Domine Iesu, propitius esto mihi peccatori.	Lord Jesus, be propitious to me, a sinner.
Gaude, humilis beata, Corpore glorificata, Meruisti maxima Fore, tantae dignitatis Ut sis sanctae trinitatis Sessione proxima.	Rejoice, humble blessed, glorified in the body, you deserved to be the greatest, of such dignity that you are the nearest to the holy Trinity in the sitting order.

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