Motet „In amara crucis ara” Josquina w „Zielonym kodeksie” z Viadriny
Josquin’s Motet „In amara crucis ara” in the Green Codex of Viadrina

Summary/Abstract: Manuscript I F 428, located at Wrocław University Library, commonly called The Green Codex of Viadrina, probably copied during the second decade of the sixteenth century, contains complete Mass cycles, single Mass movements, settings of the Magnificat, hymns, motets, and other settings of German texts. Not all of the compositions are attributed, but Martin Staehelin has identified the authorship of many works. Besides the works of such masters of polyphony as Brumel, Compère, Isaac, Senfl, Adam of Fulda, La Rue and Obrecht, the codex contains a tiny motet by Josquin des Prez: In amara crucis ara (fols. 224’–225). This piece is in fact the fourth part of the motet cycle Qui velatus facie fuisti (Officium de passione), published by Petrucci in 1503, from the second motet book titled Motetti de Passione, de Cruce, de Sacramento, de Beata Virgine et huiusmodi B. In MS I F 428, Josquin’s motet was written down after two groups of settings: Officium de Cruce (In nomine Jesu omne genu flectatur caelestium) by Loyset Compère and a polyphonic setting of the Improperia

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