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infantem pannis inuolutum, 
secundum sermonem angelicum. 1 
Adest hie paruulus cum Maria, matre sua, 
de qua dudum uaticinando Isaias dixerat propheta: 
Ecce uirgo concipie£ et pariet filium; 
et nunc euntes dicite quia natus est. 
Alleluia, alleluia. 
Iam uere scimus Xpistum natum in terris, 
de quo canite omnes cum propheta, dicentes: 
Psalmus. Puer natus est. 2 
This trope, which has no textual basis in the Vulgate or in the 
liturgy of Christmas, seems obviously to be modeled upon a 
well known Easter Introit-trope, of which the simplest form is 
shown in the following: 
it em de RESUKRec^oue Domim: 
int errogatio: Quern queritis in sepulchro, Xpicticole ? 
r<espox’sio> : Ihcym nazarenum crucifixum, o caelicolae. 
Xion est hie; surrexit sicut predixerat; 
Ite, nuntiate quia surrexit de sepulchro. 
Pesurrexi. 3 
Upon this model, then, arose a Christmas Introit-trope, to the 
development and varieties of which we may now turn our at¬ 
tention. 4 
Although the text of this trope printed above (Bibl. nat., 
MS. lat. 887, fol. 9 V ) suggests dialogue, no explicit indication is 
given as to the manner in which it was rendered. A vague in¬ 
dication of this sort is given in the following: 
5 <Quern> queritis in presepe, pastores, dicite? 
lr rhe arrangement of the lines in my printed texts of this trope is 
not to be interpreted as an attempt to establish poetical form in a 
composition that is clearly prose. Cf. C. Blume, Repertorium Reper- 
toni (Hymnotogische Beitrage, Vol. IIJ, Leipzig, 1901, p. 268. 
2 The beginning of the Introit. 
* St. Gall, MS. 484, Troparium Sangallense saec. x, p. 111. For a 
facsimile see Gautier, p. 216. 
4 Cf. Chambers, Vol. II, p. 41; Anz, p. 38. 
'Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, MS. latin 909, Troparium-Sequen- 
tiarium Martialense saec. xi, fol. 9r. 
