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Thread #26683   Message #359204
Posted By: GUEST,T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird)
18-Dec-00 - 03:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Latin for O Come O Come Emmanuel
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Latin for O Come O Come Emmanuel
I checked the Boethius cite, years ago, and I remember agreeing that the case for the dependence of one text on the other was strong. If I recall properly, it involved the words "suaviter disponens omnia". But in any case I know of no way to decide, without further data, whether Boethius was copying an existing antiphon. Perhaps whoever wrote the antiphon text cribbed the words from Boethius.

T.