Mulier quae erat

General information

Motet for the feast of St Mary Magdalene .
Text is based on Luke 7:37-38.

Settings by composers

• Manuel Cardoso SAATB
• Andrea Gabrieli SATB
• Luca Marenzio SATB
• When Jesus went into Simon the Pharisee's house (Thomas Tallis) (contrafactum of Salvator mundi II)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Pedro de Cristo — Mulier quae erat in civitate

Text and translations

Latin text Mulier, quae erat in civitate peccatrix, attulit alabastrum unguenti: et stans retro secus pedes Domini, lacrimis coepit rigare pedes ejus, et capillis capitis sui tergebat.

English translation A woman who was in the city, a sinner, brought an alabaster box of ointment: and standing behind the Lord at his feet, began to wash his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.