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<ORDO PROPHET ARUM > 
Nqta, Cantor: Si Festum AsiNORim fiat, processio 2 ordinetur post 
Terciam; si non fiat Festum, tutic fiat procEssto ut prenotatur . 3 
Ordo PROCESsionis AsiNOR^m secunmiM RoTHOMAGensem Vsum. 4 
Tercia cantata, paratis ProPHeiis iu xta suum ordiwem, fornace in 
MEDIO NAUIS ECCLesIE LINTHEO et STUPIS CONSTITUTA, PROCESSIO MOUEAT DE 
CLAUSTRO, et DUO CuemCI DE ii a SEDE IN CAPPIS PROCESSIONEm RECANT, HOS 
versus canentes : 5 
Gloriosi 
Et famosi 
< Regis festum 
Celebrantes 
Gaudeamus>. 
Chorus : 
Gloriosi 
<Et famosi 
Regis festum 
Celebrantes 
Gaudeamus>. 
'Versus: 
Cuius ortum 
<Vite portum 
Nobis datum 
Predicantes 
Habeamus>. 
taining the Ordo Prophetarum, but he does not edit the text. Meyer speaks 
(p. 51) of the l;ext as found “in mehreren Handschriften des 14. und 15. Jahr- 
hunderts in Rouen.” A general bibliography of the manuscripts and prints 
bearing upon the liturgical plays of Rouen is given by the present writer in 
Modern Philology, Vol. VI (1908), pp. 224-227. There can be little doubt that 
Ms. 1232 is a copy of Ms. 384 ; and the copy seems to be surprisingly accurate 
(See my variants). If, as Gast§ supposes (p. 2), Ms. 382 is a copy of Ms. 384, 
the copyist departed freely from his model (See my variants, and Modern Philol¬ 
ogy, Vol. VI, pp. 224-225). Gaste provides (pp. 1-4) important notes on Mss. 
384 and 382. None of the three manuscripts mentioned above provides music. 
The Rouen Ordo Prophetarum (“Festum Asinorum”) has been previously 
edited twice: (1) by Du Cange, Glossarium Medics et Infimce Latinitatis, Vol. 
Ill, Niort, 1884, pp. 460-461 (and in earlier editions of this work), from an 
unidentified “Ordinarius MS” of Rouen (See Modern Philology, Vol. VI, p. 226) ; 
and (2) by A. Gaste, Les Drames liturgiques de la Cathedrale de Rouen, Evreux, 
1893, pp. 4-20 (Concerning earlier forms of Gaste’s monograph see Modern 
Philology, VI, 201), from Rouen Ms. 384, with some of the variants from Rouen 
Ms. 382. I collate Gaste’s text throughout (G), taking into account his “Er¬ 
rata et emendanda” (p. 81). 
2 processio] processio et (Ms. 382). 
3 prenotatur] nunc prenotatur (G). As to the reference in the words ut 
prenotatur see below, pp. 66—68. 
4 Rothomagensem usum] usum Rothomagensem (Ms. 382). 
5 hos versus canentes] cantantes hos versus (Ms. 382). 
