Balam inquit vaticinans

Title: Balam inquit vaticinans
vdW number: 594
Description: Motet upper voice in Latin conductus motet - same text for both triplum and duplum. Echoes Balaam's prophesy of the star (see Tenor Balaam). Present also in the fragmentary Onc 362 as Balaam de quo vaticinans.
Language: Latin
Motet(s) in which voice appears: Balam inquit vaticinans / Balaam
Manuscript Source(s): F-MO H 196, Montpellier Codex
Text: Mo: 390v (listed as 392v in Tischler Mo)

[390va] Ba
[no text]
[no text]
Balam inquit uati
cinans iam de iacob
[391ra] noua inicans orbi
lumen inchoans
[no text]
rutilans exibit stel
la.
[two untexted lines of music]

[390vb] Ba
[no text]
[no text]
[no text]
Balam inquit uatici
[391rb] nans iam de iacob no
ua nucans orbi lume(n)
inchoans exibit stel
la.
[3 untexted lines of music]; Onc 362 [f. 86r]:
Balaam de
quo uaticinans iam de iacob noua inicans orbi lumen incohans exi-
bit stella [melisma]
[melisma] huic ut placuit tres magi mistica uirtute triplia portabat
munera ipsum mirifice regem dicencia deum et hominem mira
potentia [melisma]
[melisma]

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