Young—Officium Pastorum. 
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^NCIPIUNT TEOPPHI IN NAT iuitdte DOm^Ni: 
Quern queritis in presepe, pastures, dicite ? 
Saluatorem Xpistnm Dominum, 
inf ant em pannis inuolutum, 
secundum sermonem angelicum. 
Adest hie paruulus cum Maria matre sua, 
de qua dudum uaticinando Ysaias dixerat propheta: 
Ecce uirgo concipiet et pariet filium; 
et nunc euntes dicite quia natus est. 
Alleluia, alleluia. 
Ia<m> uere scimus Xpistum natum in terris, 
de quo canite omnes cum propheta dicentes: 
Puer natus est nobis. 
<fol. 21 r > Gloria tibi, Xpiste, 
gloria tibi, Sancte, 
gloria tibi, Domine, 
quia uenisti omne genus liberare. 
Omnes gaudentes dicite: 
Puer natus est nobis. 1 2 
The trope seems to be still a, mere introduction to the Introit. 
After the repetition of the words Puer natus est nobis , the 
Introit is probably to be sung without further interruption. 
The interest of the next text lies, no doubt, in the explicit 
division of parts between the single Cantor and the Chorus 
(Scold): 
1 o 
ITEM alia: 
Quern queritis in presepe, p a stores, dicite ? 
-Respondeat sco Ra: 
Saluatorem Xpistum Dominum. 
1 Turin, Bibl. Reg., Cod. G. V. 20, Graduale-Prosarium-Troparium 
Bobbiense saee. xi, fol. 20a 
2 Followed immediately by: Troppbi: Quern nasci mundo,—a 
fresh trope of the Introit. 
8 Verona, Bibl. Capit., Cod. CVII, Troparium Sancti Benedicti Man- 
tuani saec. xi, fol. 5 a This is the last of a series of tropes of the 
Introit of the Magna Missa. 
