318 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
of Quem quceritis in prcesepe at this point. From Auxerre, for 
example, we have the following oxdo : 1 2 3 
2 Ista sequels a ntiphona dicitur iuxta maius altare a 
BUOBUS CANONICIS TORTARIIS EXISTENTIBUS in ALBIS in CORNT- 
BUS AETARIS I 
Eeee annuncio uobis gandinm magnum, quod erit omul 
populo, quia, natus est hodie in ciuitate Dauid rex Israel. In 
Bethleem natus est, Iheri/salem uisus est, et in omm terra hon- 
orificatus est rex Israel. 
Sequitur: Te Deum <laudamus>. 
This antiphon, sung at the altar at the conclusion of the Gene¬ 
alogy by two canons dressed in white albs, must have produced 
a striking and grateful effect. The duo canonici tortarii exist¬ 
ent es in albis may indicate a vague attempt toward the dramatic 
impersonation of angels. This seems, indeed, likely, for we 
shall find that a similar antiphon, delivered by a choir-boy 
placed ante chorum in excels o- in similitudinem Angeli, forms 
the introduction of the dramatic Officium Pastorum of Rouen.® 
A certain interest attaches, also, to the brief dialogue found 
just before the Te Deum of Christmas in the following text: 
4 nesponsorium: Fesciens mater Virgo uirum, peperit sine 
dolore Saluatorem seculorum, ipsum; regem angelorum; sola 
Virgo lactabat ubere de celo pleno. versus: Aue Maria 
gratia plena; Dominus tecum. Sola. 4 
WTEnrogatio : Quid Begina poli faciat, nunc dissere nobis? 
1 Paris, Bibl. Nat., MS. lat. 1029, Br^varium Autissiodorense saec. 
xiv, fol. 60v. For a similar text see Bibl. Nat., MS. lat. 1055, Brev. 
Autissiodorense saec xv, fol. 112r. 
2 Preceded immediately by the Liber Generationis . The liturgical 
setting of such short texts can easily be made out by reference to 
the general outline of Matins given above, or to the texts printed in 
Appendices A and B. 
3 See Rouen, Bibl. de la Vilie, MS. 384 (Y. 110), fol. 22r, printed 
below, p. 331. It is interesting to note the same formula (An- 
nuntio vobis) in the Officium Stellae. See Brussels, MS. Bolland. 
(sine numero), fol. 179,v printed by C. Cahier and A. Martin, Mel¬ 
anges d* Arcfieologie, d ’ Histoire et de Litterature, Vol. I, Paris, 1847, 
p. 259. 
This is the last of a series of ten responsories found at the end 
of the third Nocturn of Christmas. 
