Mysteries

(Ger. Myste’rien; Fr. mysBres.) Medieval scenic representations of biblical events, arranged originally by the monks, and generally accompanied by vocal, often by instrumental, music. “The Pa ion-plays (still surviving at Obe rammer gau in Bavaria) are as old as the 7th or 8th century; the Moralities, a peculiar form of the Mysteries, in which abstract conceptions were personified, originated about the 13th century. ‘The Mysteries were the precursors of the Oratorio. N n