praesepe

Epictetus calls mensam mutam praesepe, a table without music a manger: for the concert of musicians at a banquet is a carbuncle set in gold; and as the signet of an emerald well trimmed with gold, so is the melody of music in a pleasant banquet.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Behind the high altar a _praesepe_ or "crib" was prepared, with an image of the Virgin.

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles

In the liturgical drama known as the "Officium Pastorum," which probably took shape in the eleventh century, we find a _praesepe_ behind the altar as the centre of the action {40}; but long before this something of the kind seems to have been in existence in the church of

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles

Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome -- at one time called "Beata Maria ad praesepe."

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles

The antiphon was in direct imitation of the other, commencing '_Quem quaeritis in praesepe, pastores?

The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne

Limoges seems to show direct imitation of the Paschal interlude: Quem quaeritis in praesepe pastores?

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Caligulae, 55: "_Incitato equo, cuius causa pridie circenses, ne inquietaretur, viciniae silentium per milites indicere solebat, praeter equile marmoreum et praesepe eburneum praeterque purpurea tegumenta ac monilia e gemmis, domum etiam et familiam et suppellectilem dedit, quo lautius nomine eius invitati acciperentur; consulatum quoque traditur destinasse. _"

Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II Henry Vaughan 1658