5. #A. Tille, "Die Geschichte der deutschen Weihnacht"# (Leipsic, 1893), 22. [Referred to as "D. W."] 6. #H. Usener, "Das Weihnachtsfest"# (Kap. i., bis. iii. 2nd Edition, Bonn, 1911), 273 f. 7. #L. Duchesne, "Christian Worship: its Origin and Evolution"# (Eng. Trans., Revised Edition, London, 1912), 257 f. 8. #J. Hastings, "Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics"# (Edinburgh, 1910), iii. 601 f. 9. #E. K. Chambers, "The Mediaeval Stage"# (Oxford, 1903), i. 244. [Referred to as "M. S."] 10. #A. Tille, "Yule and Christmas: their Place in the Germanic Year"# (London, 1899), 122. [Referred to as "Y. & C."] 11. _Ibid._ 164. 12. Tille, "D. W.," 21. 13. Tille, "Y. & C.," 203. 14. #K. Lake# in Hastings's "Encyclopaedia" and in #"The Guardian,"# Dec. 29, 1911; #F. C. Conybeare#, Preface to #"The Key of Truth, a Manual of the Paulician Church of Armenia"# (Oxford, 1898), clii. f.; Usener, 18 f. 15. Usener, 27 f. 16. _Ibid._ 31; #J. E. Harrison, "Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion"# (Cambridge, 1903), 550. 17. Harrison, "Prolegomena," 402 f., 524 f., 550. |364| 18. #Lake#, and #G. Rietschel, "Weihnachten in Kirche, Kunst and Volksleben"# (Bielefeld and Leipsic, 1902), 10. 19. Conybeare, lxxviii. 20. #A. Lupi, "Dissertazioni, lettere ed altre operette"# (Faenza, 1785), i. 219 f., mentioned in article "Nativity" in #T. K. Cheyne's "Encyclopaedia Biblica"# (London, 1902), iii. 3346. 21. Chambers, "M. S.," i. 234. 22. _Ibid._ i. 235; #F. Cumont, "The Monuments of Mithra"# (Eng. Trans., London, 1903), 190. 23. #G. Negri, "Julian the Apostate"# (Eng. Trans., London, 1905), i. 240 f. 24. Chambers, "M. S.," i. 235. 25. Duchesne, "Christian Worship," 265. 26. Tille, "Y. & C.," 146. PART I.--THE CHRISTIAN FEAST CHAPTER II.--CHRISTMAS POETRY (I) 1. See especially for Latin, German, and English hymnody #J. Julian, "A Dictionary of Hymnology"# (New Edition, London, 1907), and the #Historical Edition of "Hymns Ancient and Modern"# (London, 1909). 2. #H. C. Beeching, "A Book of Christmas Verse"# (London, 1895), 3. 3. Beeching, 8. 4. #A. Gastoue, "Noel"# (Paris, 1907), 38. 5. #R. W. Church, "St. Anselm"# (London, 1870), 6. 6. _Ibid._ 3 f. 7. #W. R. W. Stephens, "The English Church from the Norman Conquest to the Accession of Edward I."# (London, 1901), 309. 8. #W. Sandys, "Christmastide: its History, Festivities, and Carols"# (London, n.d.), 216; #E. Rickert, "Ancient English Carols. MCCCC-MDCC"# (London, 1910), 133. 9. For the Franciscan influence on poetry and art see: #Vernon Lee, "Renaissance Fancies and Studies"# (London, 1895); #H. Thode, "Franz von Assisi und die Anfaenge der Kunst der Renaissance in Italien"# (Berlin, 1885); #A. Macdonell, "Sons of Francis"# (London, 1902); #J. A. Symonds, "The Renaissance in Italy. Italian Literature,"# Part I. (New Edition, London, 1898).