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peated after it. 1 The place of the psalmody in the office will 
appear in the following broad outline : 2 
LAUDES 
I. Psalmody —Antiphona. 
(1) Psalmus. 
Antiphona. 
Antiphona. 
(2) Psalmus. 
Antiphona. 
Antiphona. 
(3) Psalmus. 
Antiphona. 
Antiphona. 
(41 Psalmus. 
Antiphona. 
Antiphona. 
(5) Psalmus. 
Antiphona. 
II. Chapter —Capitulum. 
III. Hymn —Hymnus. 
Antiphona. 
TV. Canticle —Canticum (Benedictus). 
Antiphona. 
V. Prayer —Oratio. 
YI. Conclusion— Yersiculi, Responsiones, et cetera. 
Confining our attention, then, to the psalmody of this office, 
we may outline the content of the prevalent Christmas form as 
follows: 
1 See’ P. Wtagner, Origine et Developpement du Chant Liturgique , 
Tournai, 1904, p. 151. During the earlier mediaeval period the antiphon 
was, no doubt, repeated, entire or in part, after each verse of the 
psalm; but for the period with which we are at present concerned 
(circa 1100-1500), the practice mentioned above may he considered 
normal. Cf. Wagner, pp. 147-152. See the text printed below from 
Bibl. Nat., MS. lat. 1268 (saec. xiv), in which the repetition of the anti¬ 
phon at the end of the psalm is expressly mentioned (Quo ftnito et 
antiphona eius cantata). 
2 This outline may be applied to the complete texts printed in Ap¬ 
pendices A and B. 
