 The motets were printed in Prague printing house Jiří Nigrin, which also published 16 of his 20 extant masses.The motet "O magnum mysterium" comes from the first volume (printed in 1586) which covers the period from the first Sunday of Advent to the Septuagesima.This motet for 8 voices shows evidence of influence by the Venetian polychoral style, with its use of the "coro spezzato" technique.