"The tune is based on a 13th century spring carol "Tempus adest
floridum" ("It is time for flowering") first published in the 1582
Finnish song collection Piae Cantiones. The "Wenceslas" lyrics were
written much later in 1853 by the English hymnwriter John Mason
Neale (1818-1866) and substituted for the original Latin (to which
they bear no relation) in collaboration with his music editor
Thomas Helmore." Source: Wikipedia
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Rudolf Rasch has written:
'De cantiones Natalitiae en het kerkelijke muziekleven in de
zuidelijke Nederlanden gedurende de zeventiende eeuw' --
subject(s): Christmas music, Church music, Dutch Carols, History
and criticism, Latin Carols