The date of the orginal manuscript is not known to me, but it is not nearly so old as the earliest versions of Gloria in Excelsis Deo, which date back as far as the 4th century, A.D.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
A very old Christmas Carol: "In Excelsis Gloria"
The following page images are excerpted from : Four Old Christmas Carols Taken from Scarce Reprints of Early Manuscripts, by Ralph Fletcher Seymour, Alderbrink Press, Published by Printed under the supervision of R.F. Seymour for the Bobbs-Merrill company, 1903 (Original from Harvard University; Digitized by Google Books Nov 21, 2005)
The date of the orginal manuscript is not known to me, but it is not nearly so old as the earliest versions of Gloria in Excelsis Deo, which date back as far as the 4th century, A.D.
The date of the orginal manuscript is not known to me, but it is not nearly so old as the earliest versions of Gloria in Excelsis Deo, which date back as far as the 4th century, A.D.
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