![]() However, the question of why this reference to liturgical practice became a standard topos in motet collections has remained open ever since. ![]() Ursula Günther discussed the two different versions and their concordances in her 1988 article and explained their introductory function in a number of motet collections as a reference to the usual beginning of the Hours. As is well known, Deus in adiutorium serves as an opening piece of fascicle 8 as well as of fascicle 1 of Mo (see, for example, Rokseth 1939 and Wolinski 1992) and led Rokseth to argue for the eighth fascicle having originally been an independent manuscript. However, the question of what the choice of specific pieces as opening pieces might say about both compositions and manuscripts has not yet been explored. ![]() The reoccurrence of specific pieces as opening pieces of fascicles or gatherings is a common phenomenon in the earliest polyphonic anthologies. ![]()
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