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'''Description:''' This antiphon is used as follows in the Roman rite:<br>
'''Description:''' This antiphon is used as follows in the Roman rite:<br>
The Circumcision of Jesus, Prime & Second Vespers;<br>
The {{Cat|Circumcision}} of Jesus, Prime & Second Vespers;<br>
The Octave of the Nativity, Prime & Second Vespers;<br>
The Octave of the Nativity, Prime & Second Vespers;<br>
The Purification, First Vespers;<br>
The {{Cat|Candlemas|Purification}}, First Vespers;<br>
The Vigil of the Epiphany, First Vespers, Lauds & Prime.<br>
The Vigil of the {{Cat|Epiphany}}, First Vespers, Lauds & Prime.<br>


'''External websites:'''  
'''External websites:'''


==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-11-19).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 107 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Jan 09

General Information

Title: O admirabile commertium
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: AATB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no.7

Description: This antiphon is used as follows in the Roman rite:
The Circumcision of Jesus, Prime & Second Vespers;
The Octave of the Nativity, Prime & Second Vespers;
The Purification, First Vespers;
The Vigil of the Epiphany, First Vespers, Lauds & Prime.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

O admirabile commertium: creator generis humani, animatum corpus sumens, de Virgine nasci dignatus est, et procedens homo sine semine, largitus est nobis suam Deitatem.

English.png English translation

O wondrous exchange: the Creator of humankind, taking upon him a living body, vouchsafed to be born of a Virgin and, without seed, becoming a man, hath made us partakers of his Divinity.