From where does the memorial acclamation come?

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Curious as to where the memorial acclamation after the consecration comes from at mass (I. E. what tradition or history it has). I am familiar with both the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Roman rite. Also any book recommendations on the history of the mass and where everything comes from in our sacred tradition. I love to meditate on why I am saying the words I’m saying and what they have meant to the Church throughout her history.
 
They were common in ancient eastern liturgies. Still seen in the Liturgy of St James. A good book on the Roman rite would be The Lambs Supper: The Mass as Heaven in Earth by Dr Scott Hahn.

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From The Mass: an historical, theological, and pastoral survey by Josef A. Jungmann S.J., translated by Julian Fernandes, S.J. and edited by Mary Ellen Evans, published by Liturgical Press, in 1976, ISBN 0814608876, page 203:

“The puzzling “mystery of faith” has been deleted from the words over the chalice, and has now been made the cue for the people’s memorial acclamation, which is also a welcome addition to the new Canons.
The idea of giving the people an acclamation at the very heart of the sacred action came up at a time in the course of the reform when no one yet dared even dream that the Canon could be recited in anything but a low voice and in Latin. This memorial acclamation was proposed with the intention of helping the faithful become more fully aware of the meaning of the action. There was a precedence for this in the Egyptian liturgies, in which the remembrance of the Lord was underlined by such an acclamation.”
 
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