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above; but this influence is not demonstrable. 1 In tbe Offi- 
>cium Stella , of Epiphany, which, earlier or later, absorbed 
the Officium Pastorum, the Quem vidistis dialogue seems to 
have been used only once, and then in a form materially al¬ 
tered. 2 
y. 
Sometimes connected with the responsory Quem vidistis, 
though, as we shall see, independent of it in final dramatic de¬ 
velopment, is the interrogation, Pastores, dicite, quidnam, vid¬ 
istis ? The following are variant forms of the responsory con¬ 
taining this verse: 
(1) nesponsorium: Quem uidistis, Pastores* dicite ? An¬ 
nunciate nobis in terris quis apparuit ? (Xatum uidimus in 
choro angelorum Saluatorem Dominum. versus: Dicite, 
quidnam uidistis, et annunciate Xpisti natiuitatem. Xatum. 
Gloria. Quem uidistis. 3 
(2) r esponsorium: Quem uidistis, Pastores, dicite? Ad- 
nunciate nobis in terris quis apparuit ? Xatum uidimus in 
choro angelorum Saluatorem Dominium <p. 54>. versus: 
Dicite, quidnam uidistis, et adnunciate Xpisti natiuitatem. 
Xatum. versus: Xatus est nobis hodie Saluator, qui est 
'Kpistus Dominus in ciuitate Dauid. Natum. 4 
(3) r esponsorium: Quem uidistis, Pastores, dicite? Ad- 
nuntiate nobis in terris quis apparuit. Xatum uidimus in 
choro angelorem Saluatorem Dominum. versus: Xatus est 
nobis hodie Saluator, qui est Xpictus Dominus in ciuitate 
1 Anz would probably have been on sounder ground in attributing 
this supposed influence upon Quern quaeritis in praesepe not to the 
dialogued antiphon (Quem vidistis) of Lauds, but to the dialogue 
rendering of the responsory (Quem vidistis) of Matins. I know of 
no evidence that the dialogue form of the Lauds antiphon antedates 
the formation of the trope Quem quaeritis in praesepe, whereas the 
dialogue rendering of the responsory of Matins certainly does so. 
2 See E. Du Meril, Les Origines Latines du Theatre Moderne, Paris, 
1897, p. 169; Coussemaker, p. 163. 
3 Bibl. Nat., MS. lat. 16309, Brevarium Santonense saec. xiv, 
fol. 30 r = 
4 Saint Gall, MS. 388, Liber responsalis Sangallensis, saec. xii, pp. 
53-54. Cf. Munich, Staatsbibl., Cod. lat. 5349, Breviarium Chiemsense 
'Saec. xv, fol. lllv. 
