MCE 08-08 Datur sepulturae corpus

Edition

Motet

Text (ed. by Eva Ferro)

Edition	Translation
Datur sepulturae Corpus Christi nobile spes vitae futurae, Conditur^[1] aromate, implentur scripturae. Iugis^[2] sit^[3] memoria, mors est mihi curae.	The noble body of Christ, hope of future life, is given to the grave. It is treated with the sweet-smelling oil; the scriptures are fulfilled. Let the memory be perpetual, this death is of concern to me.

^[1] conditur] conditor D-Mbs 3154, C

^[2] iugis] iugi D-Mbs 3154, C

^[3] sit] sic D-Mbs 3154, C

This edition is based on D-Mbs 3154, f. 48v. The text of this last motet of the cycle was emended in three places: in line 3 the incorrect ‘conditor’ (‘creator’) was corrected to ‘conditur’ (‘is treated’); in line 4 ‘iugi’ was changed to ‘iugis’ and ‘sic’ to ‘sit’. For further comments see the General commentary.

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Measure	Voice	Source	Category	Comment	Image
		D-Mbs_3154	designation of voices	–, Contra altus, Tenor, Contratenor
	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; incipit in the T: ‘Datur sepulturae’
1	1	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Br rest missing
3	1	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	dotted Mi d'' instead of b' (corrected to avoid three parallel fifths with the T)
5	4	D-Mbs_3154	coloration	the Br must be ternary even if it is blackened
8	3	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Sb a instead of b
8	3	D-Mbs_3154	accidentals	a flat was added later, referring to the Sb in this measure (wrongly notated as a, see the previous comment); as there was no space before the note concerned, the flat was enterd before the previous one	Show
14	2	D-Mbs_3154	ligatures	the ligature refers to Sb b and a
14	2	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	the second Sb of the lig. was originally g, then erased	Show
14-15	2	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	two blackened Sb f' and g' and Br g' superposed to Sb b and a (in lig.) and Sb g; in the whole Natus sapientia cycle, this is the only case of divisi occurring in the middle of a motet (but the A ends with divisi in six motets out of eight)	Show
21	1	D-Mbs_3154	musical symbols	the Sb d’ was written later over the custos already traced; a new custos has then been added	Show
21	3	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	b Br instead of Sb
26	3	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	last Sb d' instead of f'' (corrected to avoid parallel octaves with the C)
27	3	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	despite the ficta flat on the Sb a' in the A, no ficta flat was added to the Mi a in the T in order to follow the melodic movement of the voice
31	3	D-Mbs_3154	pitch and rhythm	Br c' instead of b
31-35	4	D-Mbs_3154	ligatures	ligs. splitted in order to accommodate all the syllables

Edition	Translation
Datur sepulturae Corpus Christi nobile spes vitae futurae, Conditur aromate, implentur scripturae. Iugis sit memoria, mors est mihi curae.	The noble body of Christ, hope of future life, is given to the grave. It is treated with the sweet-smelling oil; the scriptures are fulfilled. Let the memory be perpetual, this death is of concern to me.

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