Still Anglican Julia is still seeking answers to the question why Sarum Use
has the Great O Antiphons begin December 16 with O Sapientia, with an extra
one on December 23, O Virgo Virginum. And when the Great Os originated. :-).
At 13.24 27/12/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Today, 18 December, is the feast of ...
>
>* The Expectation of the Confinement of Mary
>- festival originated formally at the tenth council of Toledo, in 654; in
>France this day is sometimes known as 'Notre-Dame de l'O', because on it
>begins the antiphon, 'O Sapientia', the first of the eight Greater
>Antiphons, all beginning with 'O' (right, Julia? :-) )
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O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix Jesse, O Oriens, O Rex Gentium, O Emmanuel, O
Virgo Virginum
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