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play, but rather an emanation from it, appears from such a stanza 
as the following: 
O Iudaei, 
Verbum Dei, 
Cur negastis horninem? 
Whereas such an address to the Jews 30 finds no special inspiration 
in the liturgical Epistle that is being embellished, it accords per¬ 
fectly with the tenor of the pseudo-Augustinian lectio and of the 
central motive of the Ordo Prophetarum. It would appear that 
such a passage originated not from the liturgical Epistle of Epiph¬ 
any but from the dramatic tradition. 
The text before us, then, may be regarded as an isolated liturgical 
piece in which certain stanzas from the Ordo Prophetarum have 
been used, with considerable appropriateness, as a trope of an 
Epistle. 31 
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In view of the detailed attention given above to the several ver¬ 
sions of the Ordo Prophetarum, our summary of the development 
of this liturgical play may be brief. 
There can be, in the first place, no doubt as to the origin of this 
dramatic phenomenon. A re-examination of the matter has im¬ 
paired none of the essentials of Sepet’s original demonstration. 1 
The Ordo Prophetarum certainly arises from that part of the 
pseudo-Augustinian sermon (Contra Judaeos, Paganos, et Arianos) 
which was widely used as a lectio for Matins during the Christmas 
season, this particular part addressing itself to the Jews and be- 
30 See also the stanza beginning Sed Iudcei, and the stanza ending Plebs Iudcea. 
31 1 can see no reason for reprinting here the Cantio de mulieribus beginning, 
Recedite, recedite, 
Ne mulieri credite! 
Die tu, Adam, primus homo, etc. 
In form this satirical composition may possibly show the influence of the Ordo 
Prophetarum. A new version of the Cantio, with information concerning ver¬ 
sions previously published, is given by L. Suttina, Una Cantilena medievale 
contro le donne, in Studi Medievali (ed. F. Novati and R. Renier), Vol. II 
(1906-07), pp. 457-460. In the same volume (pp. 538-550), F. Novati, fetching 
an analogy from the Ordo Prophetarum, undertakes to show that the Cantio 
is “un dramma liturgico” for Ash Wednesday. I cannot accept the demon¬ 
stration. 
1 See above, pp. 1-2. 
