Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and PaganMiles, Clement A.
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Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
Miles, Clement A.
Christmas; Christmas -- History; Fasts and feasts
7. Lemeignen, i. 55. |366|
8. Lemeignen, i. 29.
9. #"Les Vieux Noels,"# in #"Nouvelle Bibliotheque Populaire"#
(published by Henri Gautier, 55 Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris).
10. Lemeignen, i. 93.
11. #H. J. L. J. Masse, "A Book Of Old Carols"# (London, 1910), i. 21.
12. Herve, 86.
13. Lemeignen, i. 71.
14. "Hymns Ancient and Modern" (Historical Edition), 79. Translation is
No. 58 in Ordinary Edition.
15. Herve, 132.
16. A great number of these _villancicos_ and _romances_ may be found in
#Justo de Sancha, "Romancero y Cancionero Sagrados"# (Madrid,
1855, vol. 35 of Rivadeneyra's Library of Spanish Authors), and there
are some good examples in #J. N. Boehl de Faber, "Rimas Antiguas
Castellanas"# (Hamburg, 1823).
17. Boehl de Faber, ii. 36.
18. #F. Caballero, "Elia y La Noche de Navidad"# (Leipsic, 1864), 210.
19. #A. de Gubernatis, "Storia Comparata degli Usi Natalizi"# (Milan,
1878), 90.
20. These three verses are taken from #Countess Martinengo-Cesaresco's#
charming translation of the poem, in her #"Essays in the Study of
Folk-Songs"# (London, 1886), 304 f.
21. Martinengo, "Folk-Songs," 302 f.
22. Latin text in Tille, "D. W.," 311; Italian game in De Gubernatis, 93.
23. Herve, 115 f.
24. #W. Hone, "The Ancient Mysteries Described"# (London, 1823), 103.
25. _Ibid._ 103.
26. See Note 11.
27. #D. Hyde, "Religious Songs of Connacht"# (London, 1906), ii. 225 f.
28. #"The Vineyard"# (London), Dec., 1910, 144.
29. "Deutsches Weihnachtsbuch," 120 f.
30. "A Compendious Book of Godly and Spiritual Songs," 49 f. (spelling
here modernized); Rickert, 82 f.
31. "Deutsches Weihnachtsbuch," 123, and most German Protestant
hymnbooks.
32. Translation by Miles Coverdale, in Rickert, 192 f.
33. No. 5 in #Paulus Gerhardt, "Geistliche Lieder,"# ed. by P.
Wackernagel and W. Tuempel (9th Edition, Guetersloh, 1907).
34. Translation by #C. Winkworth# in #"Lyra Germanica"# (New Edition,
London, 1869), ii. 13 f.
35. "Deutsches Weihnachtsbuch," 128 f.
36. Translation (last verse altered) in #"The British Herald"# (London),
Sept., 1866, 329.
37. #"Christmas Carols New and Old,"# the words edited by #H. R.
Bramley#, the music edited by #Sir John Stainer# (London, n.d.).
38. Beeching, 27 f.
39. _Ibid._ 67.
40. _Ibid._ 49.
41. _Ibid._ 76.
42. _Ibid._ 48.
43. _Ibid._ 45.
44. _Ibid._ 42 f. |367|
45. Beeching, 85 f.
46. #Selwyn Image, "Poems and Carols"# (London, 1894), 25.
47. #G. K. Chesterton# in #"The Commonwealth"# (London), Dec., 1902, 353.
CHAPTER IV.--CHRISTMAS IN LITURGY AND POPULAR DEVOTION
1. Translation, "Creator of the starry height," in "Hymns A. and M."
(Ordinary Edition), No. 45.
2. #J. Dowden, "The Church Year and Kalendar"# (Cambridge, 1910), 76 f.
3. #"Rational ou Manuel des divins Offices de Guillaume Durand, Eveque
de Mende au treizieme siecle,"# traduit par #M. C. Barthelemy#
(Paris, 1854), iii. 155 f.
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