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If I recall correctly, we covered this last year. Posting should be in the
archives. See one of mine for a reference to Allen Cabiniss' article in the
Jewish Quarterly Review.
For those who are new to this list, the text in question is:
O Virgo virginum, * quomodo fiet istud? Quia nec primam similem visa es nec
habere sequentem. Filiae Ierusalem, quid me admiramini? Divinum est mysterium
hoc quod cernitis.
O Virgin of virgins, * how shall this be? for neither before thee was
any seen like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem,
why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery.
Of course, there is the Advent Lyrics in the corpus of Anglo-Saxon poetry.
Terrill Heaps
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Dr. Gordon Arthur wrote:
> Over the past few years, I have been to advent carol services based around
> eight Great O antiphons. The first seven are the standard ones, but I was
> unfamiliar with the eighth (O virgo virginum). This year, I was told that it
> comes from the Sarum usage. Would any of our liturgical experts care to
> enlarge on this:
>
> 1. Is the statement correct?
> 2. Is the eighth antiphon exclusive to Sarum?
> 3. If so, why did Sarum adopt it, and what are its origins?
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