Motet Conditio nature/O natio/[Mane prima sabbati] ou [Simplex in essentia],

Montpellier, BIU Médecine, H196, f. 87v-89r

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Motet Conditio nature/O natio/[Mane prima sabbati] ou [Simplex in essentia],
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Motet Conditio nature/O natio/[Mane prima sabbati] ou [Simplex in essentia],
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Motet Conditio nature/O natio/[Mane prima sabbati] ou [Simplex in essentia],
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Motet Conditio nature/O natio/[Mane prima sabbati] ou [Simplex in essentia],
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Textes (traduction Isabelle Fabre)

Triple
Conditio nature defuit
In filio quem virgo genuit ;
Contagio sola nam caruit,
Quam vitio nemo defloruit ;
Et ideo partu non doluit ;
Hec actio patrem non habuit ;
Hec proprio dono promeruit,
Ludibio que non succubuit.
Hec ratio mundi desipuit ;
Hic questio scrutari renuit ;
Solutio filio Dei sic placuit ;
Devotio dubio finem proposuit ;
Redemptio saucio plus Ade profuit
Commissio quam Eve nocuit.
La condition de la nature a fait défaut
Dans le fils que la Vierge a engendré,
Car de la souillure elle seule fut exemptée,
Elle que par vice nul n’a défloré.
C’est pourquoi en enfantant elle ne souffrit pas ;
L’acte n’eut pas de père ;
Elle fut digne d’une grâce particulière,
Elle qui à la dérision n’a pas succombé.
Voici que la raison du monde déraisonne ;
Ici la question refuse l’examen ;
Telle fut la résolution qui plut au fils de Dieu ;
La pitié a mis un terme au doute ;
La rédemption a plus profité à Adam blessé
Que la faute d’Eve ne lui a nui.

Double
O natio nephandi generis,
Cur gratie doniss abuteris ?
Multiplici reatu laberis,
Dum litteram legis amplecteris
Et littere medullam deseris.
Gens perfida, cecata deperis ;
Si Moysen consideraveris
Nec faciem vedere poteris,
Si mistice non intellexeris,
In facie cornuta falleris.
Considera, misera, quare dampnaberis,
Quod litteram properam interpretaveris.
Convertere propere, nam si converteris,
Per gratiam veniam culpe mereberis.
O nation impie,
Pourquoi abuses-tu des dons de la grâce ?
Tu trébuches dans de multiples fautes,
Lorsque tu embrasses la lettre de la Loi
Et abandonnes la moëlle de la lettre.
Peuple infidèle, tu péris aveuglé ;
Si tu considères Moïse,
Tu ne pourras voir son visage ;
Si tu ne comprends pas selon le mystère,
Son visage cornu t’égarera.
Considère, misérable, pourquoi tu es damné :
Tu as hâtivement interprété la lettre.
Convertis-toi diligemment, car si tu te convertis,
Par la grâce tu mériteras le pardon de ta faute.

Teneur (séquence de Saint-Victor de Paris)

Simplex in essentia
septiformis gratia
nos reformet spiritus.
Cordis lustret latebras
et carnis illecebras
lux emissa celitus.
Lex precessit in figura
Simple en son essence
septiforme en sa grâce
Que l’Esprit nous transforme !
Que la lumière jaillie du Ciel
éclaire les replis de notre coeur
Et les purifie des tentations de la chair !
La loi qui en est la figure

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Motet Conditio nature/O natio/[Mane prima sabbati] ou [Simplex in essentia],
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lex penalis, lex obscura, la loi qui punit, la loi obscure,

lumen evangelicum.
Spiritalis intellectus,
litterali fronde tectus,
prodeat in publicum !
Lex de monte populo,
paucis in cenaculo
noua datur gratia.
Situs docet nos locorum
preceptorum vel donorum
que sit eminentia.
A précédé la lumière évangélique.
Que le sens spirituel
couvert du feuillage de la lettre,
se manifeste au grand jour !
Du haut d’une montagne, la loi est donnée
au peuple ; au cénacle, c’est à un petit nombre
Qu’est donnée la grâce nouvelle.
Les circonstances nous enseignent
ce qui des prescriptions ou des dons
est supérieur.

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Motet Conditio nature/O natio/[Mane prima sabbati] ou [Simplex in essentia],
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