Note 39 — Chapter XVIII · LITURGICAL PLAYS
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Why is the Quem quaeritis in the Bodl. MS. apparently on Good Friday? Perhaps this was an irregular use reformed by Bp. Ethelwold. If so the C. R. must be about 980 or later. This is not impossible (cf. App. O). In the later C. C. C. C. MS. the Q. q. might, I think, from its position be intended for Easter Matins. The version described in the C. R. differs slightly from that of the tropers.