Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

A catalogue of Western manuscripts and papyri at Cambridge University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum and selected Cambridge colleges

Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10

Prayerbook ('The Book of Cerne')

Contents

Introduction: The Book of Cerne is a prayerbook made in Mercia, probably in the 820s. It is one of the most interesting and least famous of early Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscripts, over-shadowed by the compelling presence of the great Insular gospel books, bibles and psalters and by the prodigious works of Bede and Aldhelm. Yet this complex and visually attractive book, and its relationships with other artefacts of its period, cast a strong beam of light upon the history and culture of its age and upon the kingdom of Mercia. The sobriquet 'The Book of Cerne' stems from the book's later medieval provenance, for the 9th-century manuscript is now sandwiched between two lengthy sequences of documentary and liturgical materials from the monastery of Cerne Abbas in Dorset. These date from the 14th to the 16th century and are unlikely to have been added to the manuscript during the Middle Ages, and possibly not until after 1697 (when the manuscript was recorded in the possession of John Moore, with only the copy of the Magna Carta noted in addition to the 9th-century contents). Codicological evidence of previous bindings furthermore indicates that the 9th-century portion was probably bound independently of other materials during the medieval period. We cannot be sure when the Anglo-Saxon book reached the Benedictine Cerne Abbey, which was founded (or perhaps refounded) in 987 by Æthelmær the Stout, a leading thegn of King Æthelred and ealdorman of the Western Provinces. He was the patron of the famous homilist Ælfric of Eynsham, who became a priest at Cerne and taught there. Might this prayerbook have reached Cerne as part of Ælfric's devotional books, or through Æthelmær? Whatever its later ownership, internal evidence points to the Book of Cerne having been made as the personal prayerbook of Bishop Æthelwald of Lichfield (818-830). It contains an abbreviated psalter that has previously been attributed to Bishop Æthilwald of Lindisfarne (722-740), since it is introduced by a now almost illegible rubric in Latin: 'hoc argumentum forsorum [sic. versorum] oeðelpald episcopus decrepsit' ('Bishop Ædeluald has worn out these lines of proof'); see f. 2:87v). This may refer to his priestly diligence in being 'psalteratus': that is, able to recite the Psalms by heart. There is also an acrostic poem on f. 2:21r, written in lines of several alternating colours, some of which are now very faded and difficult to read with the naked eye. The first letters of each line read (vertically) 'AEDELVALD EPISCOPUS'. David Dumville argued that both occurrences indicate that the manuscript was wholly or in part a copy of one made a century earlier on Holy Island in Northumbria. However, the spelling of Æthelwald's name uses the Mercian 'el' rather than the Northumbrian 'il' for the second syllable. I have proposed instead that, rather than being a direct copy, the manuscript was a 9th-century compilation which drew upon earlier materials from various sources, including 8th-century Northumbria. Cerne is one of a group of four Mercian prayerbooks, the others being:
  • London, British Library, Harley MS 7653 ('The Harleian Prayerbook')
  • London, British Library, Harley MS 2965 ('The Book of Nunnaminster')
  • London, British Library, Royal MS 2.A.xx ('The Royal Prayerbook')
They are the first such books, before the advent of Books of Hours in the 13th century, in which their contents are arranged thematically as a protracted devotional meditation. These comprise extracts from the Gospels followed by a selection of prayers, hymns and charms - and, in Cerne's case, the breviate Psalter, Harrowing of Hell and acrostic poem, plus four evangelist miniatures prefacing its four Passion narratives from the Gospels. However, there are notable differences. Whereas the three British Library manuscripts contain linguistic and provenance evidence that points to them having been made by and probably for women, Cerne – the latest and most developed member of the group – was made for a man. There is also a slightly varying focus in each example. The Book of Nunnaminster takes salvation as its theme, while the Royal Prayerbook's focus is on Christ as the physical and spiritual health of humankind and tends to select miracles of healing in its Gospel extracts that relate to women. The Harleian Prayerbook is very fragmentary but still reveals some grammatical features indicating the female voice, like the other two, and similar Mercian set minuscule script and little decorated or zoomorphic initials. The theme of the Book of Cerne, meanwhile, revolves around the Communio Sanctorum (Communion of Saints): the body of the Church comprising those on earth (the Church Militant), those awaiting resurrection (the Church Expectant) and those already in heaven (the Church Triumphant), with Christ as its head. There is a preface in Old English – one of the earliest pieces of English vernacular prose – which instructs the bishop on how to use the book, prostrating himself before the Communion of Saints each day and reciting it, in order to reinforce his place within it. Another unusual text in Cerne is a responsorial Harrowing of Hell, which recounts how Christ freed all those already languishing in hell on Easter Saturday. This takes the form of spoken dialogue between Adam and Eve and has led to the suggestion that it represents the first known text of a piece of liturgical drama, which may also have originated in Lindisfarne. The Harrowing of Hell text extends the message of Christ's salvific mission to those who had been languishing in hell, and the breviate Psalter links them all in prayer with those already in heaven. The Psalter was the mainstay of both public liturgical, communal monastic and individual private prayer. It is complemented by the suite of prayers and hymns that follow the Gospel extracts. Thus each of the parts of the Communio Sanctorum are unified and united under Christ, the head of the body of the Church and Bishop Æthelwald of Lichfield reaffirmed his own place in that communion when he performed his own devotions with his prayerbook – a much more sophisticated compilation that the usual florilegia or pamphlets of prayers otherwise encountered before the high Middle Ages. At the beginning of each Gospel's Passion narrative, a miniature of the relevant evangelist faces the text page, where an elaborate decorated initial and coloured display script are used for the opening words. In each of these miniatures, a full-length 'terrestrial' evangelist symbol is set within an architectural arcade at the apex of which is a roundel containing a half-length human bust of each evangelist. These are clean shaven, long-haired and slightly effete, whilst the symbols are robust and slightly naïve in style (other than the strong graphic design of the eagle). The bull is a full-length adaptation of the half-length one seen in the St Augustine Gospels (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 286, f. 129v), the famous Gospels thought to have accompanied St Augustine to Canterbury from Rome in 597. The figure style and the palette, with its distinctive slate grey/blue and brick-red/brown alongside its yellow, red, blue, white and purples may seem somewhat provincial, but costly powdered gold is also used in the initials and display panels of the Gospel incipits. These also feature iconographic messaging: for example, the St Matthew initial features a 'manticore' – the half lion, half-human harbinger of death in the Physiologus – announcing the Passion of Christ. It is the Latin inscriptions in display capitals that accompany the busts and symbols of the evangelists, however, that really give the clue to the sophistication of this manuscript. They announce the busts of the evangelists – 'Here is Matthew [/Mark/Luke/John] in his human guise' – and then describe their symbols in distinctive terms that perform a hypertextual and intertextual function by alluding to the phraseology of relevant passages in the Gospels. For example, Luke's inscription reads 'Hic Lucas formam accepit uituli' ('Here Luke accepts the form of a calf/bull'), which would remind informed readers of one of the key Easter readings from Phillipians 2:7: 'Rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness'. As Gregory the Great and Bede both wrote, the sacrificial calf or bull of St Luke symbolises the crucified servant Christ. These exegetical interpretations are also pursued in the other evangelist miniatures. Each recalls the practice of explaining the different yet complementary character of each Gospel, and of its symbolism of different facets of Christ's persona and mission, with the aid of visual images during the 'Apertio aurium'. This was the practice by which adult baptismal candidates were instructed in the forty days leading up to Easter, at which point they would be baptised and enter the Communion of Saints to serve God in the world as a member of the Church Militant. The prayers – all in Latin – open with an initial and display panel akin to the Gospel extract openings, and thereafter each prayer begins with a decorated initial, many featuring bird or animal heads. The first text is the Lorica of Laidcenn / Loding, an Irish prince, and it is accompanied by its original interlinear Old English gloss. As with the Preface, this bears witness to Mercia's espousal of the written vernacular before the ascendancy of Wessex and the Alfredian revival of religion and learning. Rather than declining, Mercia was embracing new cultural challenges during the first half of the 9th century, until Viking raids destroyed its ecclesiastical buildings and their libraries, and pushed these manuscripts westwards: the Royal Prayerbook to Cornwall, and Cerne and the Book of Nunnaminster to Wessex. Professor Michelle Brown

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Codex: i + 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 98 | 24 | 4 + i leaves. 230 × 180 mm.
Foliation:

Preliminary note:

Unfortunately, the manuscript has been subjected to a series of attempts at foliation. With one, later exception, none of these attempts covered the manuscript as a whole: 9th-century core as well as the extraneous, later medieval leaves that enclose it. The first sequence to be added appears to be by the hand of Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian 1867-1886, who numbered the 9th-century leaves '2-98' (in pencil, in the top right-hand corner of the rectos). He assigned '1' to a leaf at the beginning that he judged to be missing (as per the foliation practice he established at Cambridge University Library). A later foliator numbered the extraneous leaves in two continuous sequences of Roman numerals: i-xxvi at the front and i-xxviii at the back. Subsequently, these were subdivided with letters A-F, apparently in order to demarcate codicological divisions between the added leaves. However, not every such division was captured by this intervention: compare the first and second leaves of 'C' with the third and forth. The likelihood is that whoever added these letters was following the quire numbers added in ink to the centre of the bottom margin by an 18th- or 19th-century hand. Furthermore, a haphazard change was then made to the Roman numeral foliation, restarting the sequence at each lettered division by overwriting the superceded numerals. This was done tentatively, however, with the cancellation being not always obvious. The only consistent and correct sequence are the Arabic numerals written in pencil, in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto side, probably during the 20th century. These are written continuously for the extraneous leaves, but only at intervals for the 9th-century core, which regrettably obstructs straightforward reference.

It is recognised that most scholarship has referred and will refer to foliation in the place where it is most commonly found in medieval manuscripts: that is, in the top right-hand corner of the recto side of each leaf. In order to minimise the disruption to citations past and future, the decision has been made to follow the approach used in A.N. Doane, Anglo-Saxon Bibles and 'The Book of Cerne', Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile, vol. 7 (Tempe, 2002). There, the manuscript is divided into three broad parts, as follows:

  • Part 1: a collection of bifolia and quires containing memoranda of documents relating to Cerne of various origins and dates
  • Part 2: the 9th-century prayer book
  • Part 3: the sequentiary
Recognising the separate origins of the component sections of Parts 1 and 3, Doane subdivided these using letters, which will be followed here and prefixed to the foliation. This permits the continuous sequence of Roman numerals to be followed, while ensuring that the duplicated sequences at the front and rear are unique - necessary for the preparation of a digital catalogue description. Bradshaw's foliation will be retained for Part 2. The sequence as a whole will thus be:

[a] + 1a:i-1a:ii | 1b:iii-1b:iv | 1c:v-1c:vi | 1d:vii-1d:viii | 1e:ix-1e:xviii | 1f:xix-1f:xxvi | 2:2-2:99 | 3a:i-3a:xxiv | 3b:xxv-3b:xxviii + [b]

Collation

Reflecting the approach to dealing with the numbering of the leaves (on which, see Foliation), the summary collation statement given here distinguishes between the core, 9th-century manuscript (Part 2), and the later, added leaves at the beginning (Parts 1a-1f) and at the end (Part 3a-3b). Each of these additional Parts are dealt with separately in the catalogue descriptions that follow, reflecting the different circumstances of their production.

Parts 1a-1f: 12 | 22 | 32 | 42 | 510 | 68 | Part 2: 78-1 (1st leaf missing) 88 98+1 (5th leaf inserted) 10-118 1210 13-188 | Parts 3a-3b: 19-2012 | 214

Leaf signatures in typical alphanumeric form (ai-aiiii to mi-miiii) written in pencil in the bottom right-hand corner of the rectos in the first half of each quire in the 9th-century part of the manuscript only, by Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian 1867-1886. Quire numbers in Arabic numerals (1-20) written by an 18th-/19th-century hand in ink in the centre of the bottom margin of the recto side of the first leaf of each quire, across the later medieval additions and 9th-century core.

Additions

Sections of the manuscript marked 'A' to 'F', in pencil, in the centre of the top margin, by a 19th-/20th-century hand. See Foliation for further discussion.

Binding

The manuscript has undergone several successive rebindings, encompassing the 9th-century core alone as well as with the later additions, and traces of their structure may be seen in the sewing patterns left on the leaves. For a diagrammatic illustration of these, see Brown (1996), p. 234.

Full goatskin binding by Sydney Morris ('Sandy') Cockerell (1906-1987), 1962. A typescript summary of Cockerell's work in attached to the rear pastedown.

Bowtell-style quarter sheepskin binding with marbled paper-covered sides, late 18th-century. For a description of the make-up and condition of this binding upon its arrival at Grantchester for rebinding in 1962, see Brown (1996), p. 33. A spine label from this binding - reading 'MAGNA CARTA ETC. M.S.' - has been retained on the front pastedown. Although the microfiche that accompanies the description in Doane (2002) antedates the 1962 rebinding, neither the exterior nor interior of the covers was captured.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

John Moore (1646-1714), bishop of Ely : no. 113 (f. 1:i recto) in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (c. 1697).

Presented to the University Library in 1715 by George I : donation bookplate engraved by John Pine in 1736 on the front pastedown.

Part 1a: Memoranda of documents of various origins, mostly relating to Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 1a:i-1a:ii]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. 1a:i verso
Memoranda of grants of indulgences to those giving gifts to Cerne Abbey

Six memoranda, the latest date mentioned being 1318. A further memorandum added to the lower margin of f. 1:i verso by a different hand, dated 12 November 1396 .

Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
Kemp (1999) [act of Bishop Joscelin de Bohun]
2. 1a:ii recto-1a:ii verso
Acknowledgement from Robert, Abbot of Cerne, of feudal obligations due to Henry II and Henry III
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (HFFH)
Extent: Codex: 2 leaves. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

  • Quire 12 (ff. 1a:i-1a:ii)

Layout

165-185 × 135-140 mm. Single column, 26-32 lines to the page (this, and dimensions, not including the added memorandum on f. 1:i verso).

Hand(s)

Mainly written by a single mid-14th-century hand, in anglicana. Additions by two other hands also writing in Anglicana on f. 1:i verso and 1:ii verso.

Decoration

Plain initials in brown ink, at the opening of some of the documents on f. 1:ii recto.

Binding

Damage in the form of a friction hole, positioned at the mid-point of the fore-edge margin, suggestive of the presence of a single clasp in a previous binding, not shared by the other late-medieval additions.

History

Origin: Mid-14th century. ; England, probably Cerne Abbas.

Part 1b: Memoranda of documents of various origins, mostly relating to Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 1b:iii-1b:iv]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

3. 1b:iii verso-1b:iv recto
Charter of 21 Edward III [1347/48] confirming an exemption for Cerne Abbey from an extraordinary levy
Rubric: 1b:iii verso: In rotulo placitorum de anno vicesimo primo regis Edwardi tercii inter placita de termino Michaelis
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
4. 1b:iv verso
List of English monarchs, William I-Elizabeth I
Rubric: 1b:iv verso: Nomina Regum Anglie. A conquestu

Added by two 16th-century hands, the first writing up to Henry VIII, the second continuing to Elizabeth I.

Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (HFFH)
Extent: Codex: 2 leaves. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

  • Quire 22 (ff. 2:iii-2:iv)

Layout

185 × 130 mm. Folios 2:iii verso-2:iv recto: single column, 54 lines to the page.

Hand(s)

Mainly written by a single hand of the second half of the 14th century, in anglicana.

Additions to 2:iv verso by two hands, both writing in secretary.

History

Origin: Second half of the 14th century. ; England, probably Cerne Abbas.

Part 1c: Memoranda of documents of various origins, mostly relating to Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 1c:v-1c:vi]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

5. 1c:v recto-1c:vi verso
Memoranda of exemptions and privileges relating to knights' service granted to Cerne by Henry II and confirmed in 54 Henry III [1269/70]
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (FHHF)
Extent: Codex: 2 leaves. Formerly bound in quire with ff. 1d:vii-1d:viii. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

  • Quire 32 (ff. 1c:v-1c:vi)

Condition

Split bifolium; leaves reattached.

Layout

200 × 135 mm. Frame and line ruling, single column, 28 lines to the page.

Hand(s)

Written by a single hand of the 13th/14th century, in textualis. Brown (1996) notes that the main scripts here and in Part 1e 'appear to be somewhat consciously archaizing in character'.

History

Origin: 13th/14th century. ; England, probably Cerne Abbas.

Part 1d: Memoranda of documents of various origins, mostly relating to Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 1d:vii-1d:viii]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

6a. 1d:vii recto-1d:vii verso
Memoranda of grants and privileges from Edward I
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
6b. 1d:vii verso
Power of attorney authorising Thomas of Weston to appear instead of the Abbot of Cerne at the synod of Robert (?Winchelsey), archbishop of Canterbury
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
6c. 1d:viii recto
Thomas, abbot of Cerne, deputing a monk, Thomas, to appear for him in chapter in Northampton
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
6d. 1d:viii verso
Memorandum of an indulgence from Robert Winchelsey, archbishop of Canterbury, dated 13 March 1277, to those who pray at Cerne Abbey
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
6e. 1d:viii verso
Abbot of Cerne granting power of attorney to Robert of Plumpton at the synod of Robert (?Winchelsey), archbishop of Canterbury
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (disposition uncertain)
Extent: Codex: 2 leaves. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

  • Quire 42 (ff. 1d:vii-1d:viii)

Condition

Split bifolium; leaves reattached.

Layout

200 × 135 mm. Frame and line ruling, single column, 28 lines to the page (35 lines on 1d:vii recto and 31 on 1d:vii verso).

Hand(s)

Written by one or more hands of the mid-14th century, in anglicana. A slightly later hand added the text on f. 1d:viii recto.

History

Origin: Mid-14th century. ; England, probably Cerne Abbas.

Part 1e: Memoranda of documents of various origins, mostly relating to Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 1e:ix-1e:xviii]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

7. 1e:ix recto-1e:xv recto
Magna Carta and Charter of the Forest, as reissued in 9 Henry III [1225] and confirmed in 25 Edward I [1297]

The Charter of the Forest is interpolated at f. 1e:xii verso l. 18 and runs to f. 1e:xiv verso l. 10. This item makes up a suite with the following one.

Holt (1992), pp. 501-11 (Magna Carta), 512-17 (Charter of the Forest)
8. 1e:xv verso-1e:xvii recto
Inspection of assets of Dorset
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
9. 1e:xvii verso-1e:xviii recto
Two documents regarding a settlement of a case between Cerne and Abbotsbury
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
10. 1e:xviii verso
Regulated prices of wheat, bread, beer, etc
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (HFHF)
Extent: Codex: 10 leaves. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

  • Quire 510 (ff. 1e:ix-1e:xviii)

Condition

Split bifolium; leaves reattached.

Layout

150-155 × 115-120 mm. Frame and line ruling, single column, 23 lines to the page.

Hand(s)

Written by three hands of the 13th century, in varying textualis scripts. Additions made by other hands, writing in similar style, on ff. 1e:xvii verso-1e:xviii verso.

History

Origin: 13th century. ; England, probably Cerne Abbas.

Part 1f: Memoranda of documents of various origins, mostly relating to Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 1f:xix-1f:xxvi]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

11. 1f:xix recto-1f:xxiii recto
Missal [extract]

Prayer for the Introit of the Mass 'Oratio beati augustini aurelii ante missam dicenda: Summe sacerdos et uere pontifex qui te optuilisto deo patri hostiam puram'

Legg (1916), pp. 205-08
12. 1f:xxiii verso
Settlement of a land dispute between Cerne and St Swithin's, Winchester, 33 Henry III [1249]
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
13a. 1f:xxiv recto
Two forms of request from monks of Cerne to Henry III for permission to elect a new abbot

Lines 1-15. Undated.

Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
13b. 1f:xxiv recto-1f:xxiv verso
Two forms of request from monks of Cerne to Pandulf, bishop-elect of Norwich, to intercede with Henry III to allow the election of a new abbot

Line 16 on f. 1f:xxiv recto to line 13 on f. 1f:xxiv verso. Undated. Pandulf was elected between 18 July and 9 August 1215, and reigned as bishop of Norwich 1215-1226, but was not consecrated until 29 May 1222.

Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
13c. 1f:xxv recto
Nomination by monks of Cerne of electors of a new abbot

Lines 1-11.

Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
14. 1f:xxiv verso-1f:xxv recto
Further notices concerning land disputes between Cerne and St Swithin's, Winchester

Lines 14-20 on f. 1f:xxiv verso and lines 12-21 on f. 1f:xxv recto. 'On f. 23b we find a copy of a final judgement between the Abbot of Cerne and the Prior of St Swithin of Winchester in 33 Henry III: on f. 24b comes an undated notes of the plea commencing the action: then on f. 25a a note of an alleged inconsistency between the present claim of the Prior and his claim in some previous litigation: and lastly on ff. 25b-26v notes of the proceedings in such earlier litigation...' (see Lock (1908), p. 222).

Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]
15. 1f:xxv verso-1f:xxvi verso
Collection of various notices of actions in county court concerning Cerne
Lock (1907, 1908) [edition and translation]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (HFFH)
Extent: Codex: 8 leaves. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

  • Quire 68 (ff. 1f:xix-1f:xxvi)

Condition

Pages mutilated and of uneven sizes and trim, several repaired on edges with parchment inlay (which have been mutilated in turn).

Layout

150-155 × 115-120 mm. Frame and line ruling, hardpoint, single column, 20-21 lines to the page (f. 1f:xxi rescored; f. 1f:xxiv has additional ruling for 24 lines). Layout for the missal extract largely followed by subsequent documentary texts.

Hand(s)

Missal written by a hand of the second half of the 13th/early 14th century, in textualis.

Documentary texts copied by four hands of similar date, all in textualis (see Doane (2002) for further discussion).

Decoration

Plain initials in red, two-lines at the opening and one-line thereafter, in the missal extract.

History

Origin: Second half of the 13th or early 14th century. ; England, probably Cerne Abbas.

Part 2: Prayerbook [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 2:2-99]

Contents

Language(s): Latin and Old English

1. 2:2r
Exhortation to prayer
Language(s): Old English and Latin
Incipit: ||⁊ ðe georne gebide gece ⁊ miltse fore alra his haligra gewyrthtum

Begins imperfectly. Tironian notes highlighted in yellow and Latin words written in red (decayed to yellow and now largely illegible under ordinary light).

Kuypers (1902)
Legg (1916), pp. 205-08
2. 2:3r-2:12r
Passion narrative, Gospel of Matthew (26:1-28:20)
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:3r: Passio domini nostri iesu christi secundum matheum
Incipit: 2:3r: Et factum est cum consummasset iesus sermones hos omnes
Kuypers (1902)
Fischer (1988-1991) [MS 'He']
3. 2:13r-2:20v
Passion narrative, Gospel of Mark (14:1-16:20)
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:13r: Passio domini nostri iesu christi secundum marcum
Incipit: 2:13r: Erat autem pascha et azyma post biduum et quae rebant
Kuypers (1902)
Fischer (1988-1991) [MS 'He']
4. 2:21r
Acrostic poem
Language(s): Latin

Initials spell out 'Aedelvald episcopus'. Lines originally in red (ll. 5, 7, 13, 17) are now faded to white and are now largely illegible under ordinary light.

Kuypers (1902)
Dumville (1972), pp. 388-92
Brown (1996), 131-36
5. 2:22r-2:31r
Passion narrative, Gospel of Luke (22:1-24:53)
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:22r: Passio domini nostri iesu christi secundum lucam
Incipit: 2:22r: Adpropinquauat autem dies festus azemorum qui dicitur

An illuminated initial 'B' above 'uat'.

Kuypers (1902)
Fischer (1988-1991) [MS 'He']
6. 2:32r-2:40r
Passion narrative, Gospel of John (18:1-21:25)
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:32r: Passio domini nostri iesu christi secundum iohannem
Incipit: 2:32r: Haec cum dixisset iesus egressus est cum discipulis suis

An illuminated initial 'B' above 'uat'.

Kuypers (1902)
Fischer (1988-1991) [MS 'He']
7. 2:40r
Prayer 'Domine sancte pater omnipotens'
Language(s): Latin
Incipit: 2:40r: Domine sancte pater omnipotens aeterne deus qui fecisti caelum et terram

13 lines, added in 9th century to blank space below the end of the Passion narrative from the Gospel of John.

Kuypers (1902)
8. 2:40v-2:41v
Prayer 'Alma oratio'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:40v: Alma oratio
Incipit: 2:40v: Sanctam ergo unitatem trinitatis iterum atque iterum frequenter flagittans suffragare
Kuypers (1902)
9. 2:42r
Prayer in hexameter verse, incl. extract from 'Evangelia historia' of Juvencus Juvencus
Language(s): Latin
Incipit: 2:42r: Laudate altithronum pueri laudate tonantem

Lines 10-20 ('Sidero residens in uertice caeli' onwards: from Juvencus, Evangelia historia 1.626-636.

PL 19:132
Kuypers (1902)
10. 2:42v
Prayer 'Obsecro te Iesu Christi'
Language(s): Latin
Incipit: 2:42v: Obsecro te iesu christi per singularem pacem atque caritatem

Rubric not legible under ordinary light.

Kuypers (1902)
11. 2:43r-2:44v
Lorica of Lathcen/Laidcenn Lathcen
Language(s): Latin, with Old English gloss
Rubric: 2:43r: Hanc luricam loding cantauit ter in omne die
Incipit: (text) 2:43r: Suffragare trinitati unitas unitatis miserere trinitas
Incipit: (gloss) 2:43r: gemiltsa sio þrynes sio annesse gemiltsa

Cf. London, British Library, Harley MS 585, ff. 152r-157r. Editions below use the Harley text

Kuypers (1902)
Leonhardi (1905), pp. 175-240 [Old English gloss]
Grattan and Singer (1952), no. 68
Herren (1987), pp. 76-89, 113-37 [MS 'C']
12. 2:44v-2:45r
Prayer 'Laudatio Dei'
Rubric: 2:44v: Laudatio dei
Incipit: 2:44v: Te deum laudamus te dominum confitemur
Language(s): Latin
Kuypers (1902)
13. 2:45r-2:46r
Prayer 'Oratio in mane'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:45r: Oratio in mane sancti hieronomi presbiteri
Incipit: 2:45r: Mecum este \domine deus/ sabaoth mane cum resurrecero
Kuypers (1902)
14. 2:46r-2:46v
Prayer 'Oratio matutinalis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:46r: Oratio matutinalis
Incipit: 2:46r: Ambulemus in prosperis huius deie luminis. In uirtute altissimi dei deorum maximi
Kuypers (1902)
15. 2:46v-2:48r
Prayer 'Confessio Sancta Penitentis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:46v: Confessio sancta penitentis
Incipit: 2:46v: Domine sancte pater omnipotens aeternae deas. Rogo te ut mittas in cor meum ueram penitentiam
Kuypers (1902)
16. 2:48r
Prayer 'Sancta confessio'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:48r: Sancta confessio
Incipit: 2:48r: Ante oculos tuos domine reus conscientiae testis
Kuypers (1902)
17. 2:48r-2:50r
Prayer 'Alma confessio'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:48r: Alma confessio
Incipit: 2:48r: Deus deus meus omnipotens. Ego humiliter te adoro. Tu es rex regum et dominus dominantium. Tu es arbiter omnis saeculi
Kuypers (1902)
18. 2:50r
Prayer 'Ymnum trium puerorum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:50r: ymnum trium puerorum
Incipit: 2:50r: Benedicite omnia opera domini dominum et sic ad finem
Kuypers (1902)
19. 2:50r-2:50v
Prayer 'Laus Dei'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:50r: laus dei
Incipit: 2:50r: Gloria in excelsis deo
Kuypers (1902)
20. 2:50v
Prayer 'Laus martyrum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:50v: laus martyrum
Incipit: 2:50v: Credite propter et sic ad finem. gloria patri. Pater noster. martyres tui domine non timuerunt
Kuypers (1902)
21. 2:50v-2:51v
Prayer 'Psalmus David reconciliatio penitentiam'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:50v: psalmus david reconciliatio penitentiam
Incipit: 2:50v: Miserere me deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. et sic ad finem. pater noster. pater peccaui in caelum et coram te et iam non sum dignus uocari filius tuus
Kuypers (1902)
22. 2:52r-2:53v
Prayer 'Oratio Sancti Gregorii papae'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:52r: Oratio sancti gregorii papae
Incipit: 2:52r: Dominator dominus deus omnipotens qui es trinitas. una pater in filio. et filius in patre. Cum spiritu sancto. Qui es semper in omnibus et eras ante omnia
Kuypers (1902)
23. 2:53v-2:54v
Prayer 'Oratio sancta ad Dominum caeli'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:53v: Oratio sancta ad dominum caeli
Incipit: 2:53v: Deus pater omnipotens domine caeli ac terrae deduc me obsecro te per misericordiam pietatis tuae
Kuypers (1902)
24. 2:54v-2:56r
Prayer 'Oratio utilis de membra Christi'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:54v: Oratio utilis de membra christi
Incipit: 2:54v: Deprecor te domine iesu christe per natiuitatem tuam singularem ac sanctissimam
Kuypers (1902)
25. 2:56r-2:57v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Dominum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:56r: Oratio ad dominum
Incipit: 2:54v: Domine iesu christe qui in hunc mundum propter peccatores de sinu patris aduenisti
Kuypers (1902)
26. 2:57v-2:59r
Prayer 'Oratio sancta ad Dominum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:57v: Oratio sancta ad dominum
Incipit: 2:54v: Domine iesu christe adoro te quando dixisti ante saecula fiat lux. et facta est lux
Kuypers (1902)
27. 2:59r-2:59v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Dominum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:59r: Oratio ad dominum
Incipit: 2:59r: Domine deus qui non habes dominum sed omnia tua condicione subiecta
Kuypers (1902)
28. 2:59v
Prayer 'Oratio ad sancta'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:59v: Item sancta oratio
Incipit: 2:59v: Deus gloriae qui unus et uerus qui solus et iustus es in quo omnia
Kuypers (1902)
29. 2:60r-2:60v
Prayer 'Oratio in nomine Sanctae Trinitatis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:60r: oratio in nomine sanctae trinitatis
Incipit: 2:60r: Auxiliatrix esto mihi sancta trinitas. Tu es deus meus uerus. Tu es oater meus sanctus. tu dominus pius

Rubric partly written to the right.

Kuypers (1902)
30. 2:60v-2:61v
Prayer 'Oratio in nomine Sanctae Trinitatis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:60v: Item alia oratio
Incipit: 2:60v: Peccaui domine peccaui coram te et coram angelis tuis. fac misericordiam cum seruo tuo

Rubric written either side of the last line of the previous item.

Kuypers (1902)
31. 2:61v-2:62r
Prayer 'Oratio utilis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:61v: Oratio utilis
Incipit: 2:61v: Confitebor tibi pater domine caeli et terrae. omnia peccata pea quaecumque feci et gessi omnibus diebus uitae meae
Kuypers (1902)
32. 2:62r-2:62v
Prayer 'Oratio sancta'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:62r: Oratio sancta
Incipit: 2:62r: Domine deus meus confiteor tibi delicta mea. peccaui coram te et coram angelis tuis

Rubric written either side of the last line of the previous item.

Kuypers (1902)
33. 2:62v
Prayer 'Oratio sancta sequitur'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:62v: Oratio sancta sequitur
Incipit: 2:62v: Heloi heloi domine mi adiuro te custodi me diligam te instrue me dei agne iesu
Kuypers (1902)
34. 2:62v-2:63r
Prayer 'Oratio sancta ad Sominum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:62v: Oratio sancta ad dominum
Incipit: 2:62v: Adiuua me domine sancte pater omnipotens aeternae deus. Obsecro te per unigentium filium
Kuypers (1902)
35. 2:63r-2:63v
Prayer 'Oratio inter alia'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:63r: Inter alia
Incipit: 2:63r: Deus immortale praesiduum omnium postulantium. liberatio supplicum. pax rogantium
Kuypers (1902)
36. 2:63v-2:64r
Prayer 'Oratio inter alia'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:63v: Alia item
Incipit: 2:63v: Pater et filius et spiritus sanctus et sancta trinitas. adiuro te per maiestatem tuam. Ut exaudias me de caelo
Kuypers (1902)
37. 2:64r-2:66r
Prayer 'Oratio de Apostolis Sanctis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:64r: Oratio de apostolis sanctis
Incipit: 2:64r: Domine iesu christe. qui dedisti potestatem apostolis tuis. Infirmos curare. Mortuos suscitare. Leprosos mundare
Kuypers (1902)
38. 2:66r-2:66v
Hymn 'Sancte sator suffragator'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:66r: Incipit rithmon
Incipit: 2:66r: Sancte sator / suffragator

In three columns on f. 2:66r and in two columns on f. 2:66v. To be read vertically.

Kuypers (1902)
Gretsch and Gneuss (2005) [base text; MS 'A']
Hellgardt (2008)
39. 2:66v
Prayer 'Oratio sancta'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:66v: Oratio sancta
Incipit: 2:66v: Fiat mihi quaesso domine. fides firma in corde. galea salutis in capite
Kuypers (1902)
40. 2:67r-2:67v
Prayer 'Oratio sancta Dominum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:67r: Oratio sancta dominum
Incipit: 2:67r: In primis obsecro supplex obnixis praecibus. Summam et gloriosam maiestatem dei
Kuypers (1902)
41. 2:67v-2:68r
Prayer 'Oratio sancta'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:67v: Item Oratio sancta
Incipit: 2:67v: Sancta trinitas et uera unitas omnipotens sempiternae deus. spes unica mundi. Qui fecisti caelum et terram mare et omnia quae in eis sunt

Rubric written either side of the last line of the previous item.

Kuypers (1902)
42. 2:68r
Prayer 'Oratio sancta'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:68r: Item alia
Incipit: 2:68r: Omnipotens dilectissime deus sanctissime atque amantissime pater. Obsecro te per unigentium filium tuum dominum nostrum iesum christum. Ut me nummquam in eorum tradas potestatem aduersariorum
Kuypers (1902)
43. 2:68r-2:69r
Prayer 'Laus Christi'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:68r: laus christi
Incipit: 2:68r: Christus primogenitus ex ore procedens patris. christus unigenitus consubstantialis patri filius
Kuypers (1902)
44. 2:69r-2:69v
Prayer 'Laus Dei'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:69r: Laus dei
Incipit: 2:69r: Deus formator reformatorque humani generis qui incondita condidisti. Qui caelum extendisti et terram fundasti
Kuypers (1902)
45. 2:69v
Prayer 'Oratio de natale Domini nostri Iesu Christi'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:69v: Oratio de natale domini nostri iesu christi
Incipit: 2:69v: O uere beatitudinis auctor atque aeternae claritatis indultor
Kuypers (1902)
46. 2:69v-2:70r
Prayer 'Oratio de Epiphania'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:69v: Oratio de epiphania
Incipit: 2:69v: En omnipotens astrorum conditor. Qui incarnationem tuam praeclari sideris testimonio indicasti
Kuypers (1902)
47. 2:70r
Prayer 'Oratio in caena Domini'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:70r: Oratio in caena domini
Incipit: 2:70r: Deus refugium pauperum. Spes humilium. Salusque miserorum. Qui remotis obumbrationibus carnalium uicti
Kuypers (1902)
48. 2:70r-2:70v
Prayer 'Oratio sancta'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:70r: Oratio sancta
Incipit: 2:70r: Domine deus uirtutum caeli terraeque possessor dominator et creator
Kuypers (1902)
49. 2:70v
Prayer 'Oratio utilis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:70v: Utilis oratio
Incipit: 2:70v: Omnipotens et misericors deus propter honorem nominis tui. et per merita gloriosa beatorum Apostolorum tuorum
Kuypers (1902)
50. 2:70v-2:71r
Prayer 'Oratio utilis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:70v: oratio utilis
Incipit: 2:70v: Deus meus et pater meus rex meus protector meus munda me a peccatis meis
Kuypers (1902)
51. 2:71r-2:71v
Prayer 'Oratio utilis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:71r: item oratio
Incipit: 2:71r: Deus et saluator meus Quare me dereliquisti. miserere mei deus. Quoniam tu es amator hominum solus
Kuypers (1902)
52. 2:71v-2:72r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Dominum Sancti Effremsis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:71v: Incipit oratio ad dominum sancti effremis
Incipit: 2:71v: Deus excelsissime. Deus misericordissime. Susceptor animarum. Salus Infirmantium
Kuypers (1902)
53. 2:72r-2:72v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Dominum ab Alchfriðo anachoreta compositium'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:72r: Oratio ad dominum ab alchfriðo anachoreta compositium
Incipit: 2:72r: Depraecor te domine sancte pater omnipotens aeterne deus propter nomen tuum

The title, particularly the name, has been partially obscured by the overdrawing; the name occurs again at f. 78r l. 9.

Kuypers (1902)
54. 2:72v-2:73r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Dominum ab Alchfriðo anachoreta compositium'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:72v: Item alia eiusdem
Incipit: 2:72r: Obsecro te domine iesu christe. per euangelium tuum et per .vii. dona spiritus sancti. multiplica super me misericordiam tuam

'de' in the rubric written by another hand.

Kuypers (1902)
55. 2:73r-2:74v
Prayer 'Oratio paenitentis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:73r: oratio paenitentis
Incipit: 2:73r: Deus iustitiae te deprecor. Deus misericordiae. Deus Inuisibilis. Deus inconprehensibilis. deus inenarrabilis

The rubric has been partially obscurred by overwriting of the word 'valens' by a later hand.

Kuypers (1902)
56. 2:74v-2:75v
Prayer 'Oratio Sancti Ieronimis presbyteri'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:74v: Oratio sancti ieronimis presbyteri
Incipit: 2:74v: Succurre mihi domine Antequam moriar Antequam me tormenta rapiant

Rubric given by Kuypers; no longer visible under ordinary light.

Kuypers (1902)
57. 2:75v-2:76r
Prayer 'Oratio Sancti Ieronimis presbyteri'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:75v: Item oratio
Incipit: 2:75v: Miserere mihi domine. Deus meus qui es in caelis pater omnium. Respice in me et ostende mihi lucem miserationum tuarum

Title on ll. 3-5, gutter margin.

Kuypers (1902)
58. 2:76r-2:76v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Dominum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:76r: Oratio ad dominum
Incipit: 2:76r: Obsecro te iesu christe per singularem pacem. atque caritatem beatae mariae
Kuypers (1902)
59. 2:76v-2:77r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Archangelem Michaheli'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:76v: Oratio ad archangelem michaheli
Incipit: 2:76v: Sanctus Michahel Archangelus domini nostri iesu christi Qui uenisti In adiutorium populo dei
Kuypers (1902)
60. 2:77r-2:77v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Archangelem Michaheli'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:77r: Item alia oratio ad eodem
Incipit: 2:77r: In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti. gabrihel esto mihi lorica. Michahel esto mihi baltheus. Raphahel esto mihi scutum

Rubric written on either side of the last line of the previous item.

Kuypers (1902)
61. 2:77v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Archangelem Michaheli'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:77v: Item alia
Incipit: 2:77v: Angeli et archangelia uirtutes et potestates principatus et dominationes. throni ceruphin et serpahin

'throni' altered from 'thrones' by a later hand.

Kuypers (1902)
62. 2:77v-2:78r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctam Mariam'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:77v: Oratio ad sanctam [mariam]
Incipit: 2:77v: Sancta dei genetrix semper uirgo beata benedicta gloriosa et generosa intacta et intermerata casta

Rubric written on either side of the last line of the previous item.

Kuypers (1902)
63. 2:78r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctam Mariam'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:78r: item alia
Incipit: 2:78r: Sancta maria gloriosa dei genetrix et semper uirgo Quae mundo meruisti generare salutem et lucem mundi caelorumque gloriam obtulisti
Kuypers (1902)
64. 2:78r-2:78v
Prayer 'Oratio Alchfriðo ad Sanctam Mariam'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:78r: [oratio] alchfriðo ad sanctam mariam
Incipit: 2:78r: Sancta maria gloriosa dei genetrix et semper uirgo Quae mundo meruisti generare salutem. exaudi me et miserere mihi nunc et ubique. propter honorem et gloriam excellentissimae uirginitatis tuae

Rubric written on either side of the last line of the previous item.

Kuypers (1902)
65. 2:78v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctam Iohannem Baptistam'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:78v: Oratio ad sanctam Iohannem baptistam
Incipit: 2:78v: Sanctae iohannes baptista qui meruisti saluatorem mundi baptizare tuis manibus in fluuio Iordanis
Kuypers (1902)
66. 2:78v-2:79r
Prayer 'Oratio Sancti Iohannis Euangelistae'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:78v: Item oratio sancti iohannis euangelistiae
Incipit: 2:78v: Aperi mihi pulsanti ianuam uitae princeps tenebrarum non occurat mihi
Kuypers (1902)
67a. 2:79r
Prayer 'Oratio Sancti Iohannis Euangelistae'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:79r: Item alia oratio
Incipit: 2:79r: Tunc beatus iohannis iacentibus mortuis qui uenenum biberunt intrepidus et constans accipit calicem et signaculum crucis facians [in eo et in dixit]

'cui omnia subiecta sunt' added by a later hand, in an ordinary reddish ink, different from that of other rubrics, and introducing the following item.

Kuypers (1902)
67b. 2:79r
Prayer 'Oratio cui omnia subiecta sunt'
Language(s): Latin
Incipit: 2:79r: Deus meus et pater et filius et spiritus sanctus. Cui omnis creatura deseruit et omnis potestas subiecta est
Kuypers (1902)
68. 2:79r-2:79v
Prayer 'Oratio sancti a Petri Apostoli'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:79r: Oratio sancti a petri apostoli
Incipit: 2:79r: Domine deus omnipotens. Qui sedis super cherubin. et profundum Abyssi Intueris. Ad te leuamus maus nostras In similtudinem crucis tuae
Kuypers (1902)
69. 2:79v-2:80r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctum Petrum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:79v: Oratio sancti a petri apostoli
Incipit: 2:79v: Sancte petre Apostole te supplex quaesso Ut me indignum adiuues. tuis orationibus

'me' altered from 'mihi', 'indignum' from 'indigne', both by a later hand.

Kuypers (1902)
70. 2:80r-2:80v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctum Petrum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:80r: Item alia
Incipit: 2:80r: Quaeso te sancte apostole domini nostri iesu christi. Qui uocatus nomine petrus. Qui super fundamentum eius aedificasti ecclesiam domini
Kuypers (1902)
71. 2:80v-2:81r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctum Petrum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:80v: alia ad eodem
Incipit: 2:80v: Rogo te beate petre princeps Apostolorum et clauicularius regni caelestis

Rubric traced over in red ink by a later hand.

Kuypers (1902)
72. 2:80v-2:81r
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctum Andream Apostolum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:80v: Oratio ad sanctum andream apostolum
Incipit: 2:80v: Salue sancta crux quae in corpore christi dedicata es. et ex membris eius tamquam margaritis ornata
Kuypers (1902)
73. 2:81r-2:81v
Prayer 'Oratio ad Sanctum Andream Apostolum'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:81r: Item oratio ad sanctum andream
Incipit: 2:81r: O Andreas sancte pro me intercede Ut euadam purae flammas durae poenae. Te nunc peto care mane Atque nocte
Kuypers (1902)
74. 2:81v-2:82r
Prayer 'Commoniter ad apostolos'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:81v: Commoniter ad apostolos
Incipit: 2:81v: Teto petri pastoris praesidia. et iacobi iusti adiutoria. Andreae quoque optimi egregia

For 'Teto' read 'Peto'.

Kuypers (1902)
75. 2:82r-2:83v
Prayer 'Oratio de Apostolis Sanctis Domini nostri Iesu Christi'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:82r: Oratio de apostolis sanctis domini nostri iesu [christi]
Incipit: 2:82r: Domine iesu christe qui dedisti potestatem apostolis tuis. Infirmos curare. Mortuos suscitare. Leprosos mundare ... per uerbum eorum In me

It is unclear whether the last word of the rubric was ever written or has faded.

'ut omnes unum sint sicut tu pater in me. et ego in te ut et ipsi in nobis unum sint ... et gloria in saecula saeculorum. amen': nine lines added by a later hand at the end of the prayer.

Kuypers (1902)
76. 2:84r-2:85v
Hymn 'Ymnum super Euangelium Christi et oratio Sancti Hieronimi et Paulini
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:84r: Ymnum Super euangelium christi et oratio sancti hieronimi et paulini
Incipit: 2:84r: Ymnum dicat turba fratrum ymnum cantus personat christo regi concinnantes laudem demus debitam. Te dei de corde uerbum tu uia tu ueritas iesse uirga
Kuypers (1902)
77. 2:85r-2:86r
Hymn 'Ymnum de Apostolis Sanctis Domini nostri Iesu Christi'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:85r: Ymnum de apostolis sanctis domini nostri iesu christi
Incipit: 2:84r: Luce uidet chrsitum quem petrus nocte negauit. et cernit dominum pergere ad astra suum
Kuypers (1902)
78. 2:86r-2:86v
Hymn 'Ymnum pro peccatis'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:86r: Ymnum pro peccatis
Incipit: 2:86r: Pro peccatis amare me nunc oportet flere. Ne me conburant dirae flammae profundae paene
Kuypers (1902)
79. 2:86v-2:87r
Prayer 'Oratio commoniter'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:86v: Oratio commoniter
Incipit: 2:86v: Domine deus iesu uia uita ac ueritas aeternae uitae petimus Ut nos consortes facias
Kuypers (1902)
80. 2:87r-2:87v
Hymn 'Ymnum de uirginibus'
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:87r: Ymnum de uirginibus
Incipit: 2:87r: Amici nobiles christe sunt uirgines regnant perpetuo cum ipso domino
Kuypers (1902)
81. 2:87v-2:98r
Psalter [abbreviated]
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:87v: hoc argumentum forsorum oeðlwald episcopus decerpsit
Incipit: 2:87r: Beatus uir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum

In the rubric, read 'versorum' for 'forsorum'. The rubric is almost completely illegible. Worm-like creatures throughout the text mark runovers from the higher line to the right of the lower.

Kuypers (1902)
Dumville (1972), pp. 400-05 [collations of breviate psalter]
82. 2:98v-2:99v
Harrowing of Hell
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: 2:98v: hoc est oratio innumerabilis sanctorum qui tenebantur in inferno captiuitate lacrimabili uoce et obsecratione saluatorem deposcunt dicentes quando ad infero discendit
Incipit: 2:98v: Aduenisti redemptor mundi. Aduenisti quem desiderantes cotidie
Rubric: 2:99r: Innumerabilium captiuorum Postquam autem audita est postulatio et obsecratio
Incipit: 2:99r: Statim iubente domino omnes antiqui iusti sine alique mora
Rubric: 2:99r: Adam autem et eua. ad hun non sunt desoluti de uinculis
Incipit: 2:99r: Tunc adam lugubri ac miserabili uoce clamabat ad dominum dicens. Miserere mei deus
Rubric: 2:99v: Tunc domino miserante adam e uinculis resolutis domini iesu christi genibus prouolutus
Incipit: 2:99v: Benedic anima mea dominum
Rubric: 2:99v: Adhuc eua persistit in fletu dicens
Incipit: 2:99v: Iustus es domine et rectum Iudicium tuum

Largely a collection of excerpts from the Psalms (ending imperfectly).

Kuypers' l. 8, p. 198 is not evident in the manuscript.

Kuypers (1902)
Dumville (1972), pp. 376-77

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (usually HFHF)
Extent: Codex: 98 leaves. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

Quires of eight leaves, with one exception (Quire 12), and losses or insertions elsewhere. The darkened condition of f. 2:2r suggests that the first leaf of Quire 7 was lost at an early date and that this leaf went uncovered for some time. The outside of f. 2:99v is also darkened, but to a lesser extent. Probably at least one quire has been lost after Quire 18. Diagrams of the structure of each 9th-century quire (7-18 numbered I-XII) are provided by Brown (1996), p. 233, and accord with the collation given here.

  • Quire 78-1 (ff. 2:2-2:8: 1st leaf, f. 1, missing)
  • Quire 88 (ff. 2:9-2:16)
  • Quire 98+1 (ff. 2:17-2:25: 5th leaf, f. 21, inserted)
  • Quires 10-118 (ff. 2:26-2:41)
  • Quire 1210 (ff. 2:42-2:51)
  • Quire 13-188 (ff. 2:52-2:99)

Original quire signatures (probably contemporary with the main text) at the bottom of the last verso of each quire, beginning with 'c' (f. 2:25v). Continues in sequence to 'l' (f. 2:91v) and 'm' (now faded, above the 'e' of 'tuae' in the last line of text, f. 2:99v). The first two quires appear to lack signatures, but the series implies that no quires are missing from the beginning of the 9th-century book.

Layout

150-155 × 115-120 mm. Frame and line ruling, hardpoint, single column, 18-20 lines to the page (ff. 2:2-2:47, usually 18 lines; ff. 2:48-75, 19 lines; ff. 2:76-2:91, 20 lines; ff. 2:92-2:99, 18 lines).

Hand(s)

Main text (incl. Old English text on f. 2:2r and the acrostic poem on f. 2:21r) written by a single hand in 'elegant Southumbria pointed Insular minuscule'. See Doane (2002) for further details, notes on correcting hands, and references.

Decoration

Full-page miniatures of the four evangelists. Pages prepared with straightedge and compass. Painted in slate blue, red, brown, yellow and white, with frames surrounded by red dots and decorated with floral motifs and head-masks. Inscriptions identify each evangelist in his human (above) and symbolic (below) form. Brown suggests that the programme of miniatures is ambitious and eclectic, but inexpertly executed, perhaps by several hands (see Brown (1996), pp. 72-115, for full discussion).

  • f. 2:2v St Matthew and angel: +HIC MATHEVS IN HVMANITATE. +HIC MATHEVS IN ANGELICA ASSPECTV VIDETUR
  • f. 2:12v St Mark and lion: +HIC MARCVS IN HVMANITATE. HIC MARCVS IMAGINEM TENET LEONIS
  • f. 2:21v St Luke and ox: +HIC LVCAS IN HVMANITATE. HIC LVCAS FORMAM ACCEPIT VITVLI
  • f. 2:31v St John and eagle: +HIC IOHANNIS [sic] IN HVMANITATE. HIC IOHANNIS VERTIT FRONTEM IN AQVILAM

Incipit bars: capitals in various combinations of colours, on coloured grounds and with a yellow border, featuring internal and external dotted decoration.

Four powdered gold initials, four to eight lines, decorated with interlace infill, zoomorphic and floral motifs, at beginning of Gospel Passion narratives: Et ligature (f. 2:3r), E (f. 2:13r), A (f. 2:22r), H (f. 2:32r).

Eighty-four large decorated coloured initials, two to four lines, (blue and yellow predominating), with interlace, curvilinear and zoomorphic ornaments (see, for example, ff. 2:11r, 2:19v, 2:28v, 2:40v, 2:42r, etc).

Initials in black ink, touched with various colours and often decorated.

Worm-like figures on ff. 2:87v-2:98r, interacting with letter forms and marking where the text runs over from one line to the next.

Titles and rubrics in red lead, with dashes and dots, many of which have now faded to a light yellowish white that is difficult or impossible to read under ordinary light.

'Elaborate programmatic coloured script decorations, by the same hand (see Brown (1996), pp. 65-67).

Abbreviation signs often touched with yellow.

Additions

Old English interlinear glosses on ff. 2:43r-2:44v, 10th-century. Another hand probably of the later 10th century has added Old English glosses to f. 2:57r.

Sketches in ink, in imitation of three of the evangelist portraits (ff. 2:2v, 2:21v, 2:31v) and a decorated initial (f. 2:72r, for 71v), and a floral design (f. 2:51v), all by a later hand or hands.

Binding

Rust-stains on the upper and lower corners of the fore-edge margin on ff. 2:3-2:4 may indicate cornerpieces, bosses or clasps from a former binding specific to this 9th-century part (since the dmaage is not found on the preceding leaves.

History

Origin: First half of the 9th century (probably 818×830). ; Mercia.

Manuscript dated to 818×830 on the basis of the acrostic poem. See Introduction and P.R. Robinson (1988), no. 73.

Provenance

Perhaps owned and presumably made for Æthelwald (d. 830), bishop of Lichfield, 818-830, on the basis of the acrostic poem on f. 2:21r and rubric on f. 2:87v. See Introduction, Brown (1996) and Dumville (1972) for further discussion.

Part 3a: Sequentiary from Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 3a:i-3a:xxiv]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. 3a:i recto
Sequence 'Dominica prima adventus Domini'
Legg (1916), p. 461
2. 3a:i recto
Sequence 'Dominica secunda adventus Domini'
Legg (1916), p. 461
3. 3a:i recto-3a:i verso
Sequence 'Dominica tertia adventus Domini'
Legg (1916), p. 461
4. 3a:i verso
Sequence 'Dominica quarta adventus Domini'
Legg (1916), p. 461
5. 3a:i verso-3a:ii recto
Sequence 'In natiuitate Domini nostri Iesu Christi. Ad primam missam'
Kehrein (1873), pp. 24-28, no. 9
6. 3a:ii recto
Sequence 'In natiuitate Domini nostri Iesu Christi. Ad magnam missam'
Misset and Weale (1888), p. 38, no. 22
Legg (1916), p. 463
7. 3a:ii recto-3a:ii verso
Sequence 'De Sancto Stephano'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 125-36, no. 81
Legg (1916), p. 463
8. 3a:ii verso-3a:iii recto
Sequence 'De Sancto Iohanne'
Wrangham (1881), vol. 1, pp. 200-02, no. 33
9. 3a:iii recto
Sequence 'De Sancto Iohanne'
Legg (1916), pp. 463-64
10. 3a:iii recto-3a:iii verso
Sequence 'De Sanctis Innocentibus'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 85-86, no. 57
11. 3a:iii verso
Sequence 'De Sancto Thoma Martyre'
Misset and Weale (1888), p. 567, no. 402
Legg (1916), p. 464
12. 3a:iii verso-3a:iv recto
Sequence 'De Sancto Thoma'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 575-76, no. 409
13. 3a:iv recto-3a:iv verso
Sequence 'In die circumcisionis'
Legg (1916), p. 465
14. 3a:iv verso-3a:v recto
Sequence 'In die Epiphanie'
Legg (1916), pp. 465-66
15. 3a:iv verso-3a:v recto
Sequence 'De Sancto Vincentio'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 207-09, no. 138
16. 3a:v verso-3a:vi recto
Sequence 'In conversione Sancti Pauli'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 576-77, no. 410
16. 3a:v verso-3a:vi recto
Sequence 'In conversione Sancti Pauli'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 576-77, no. 410
17. 3a:vi recto
Sequence 'In purificatione Beate Marie'

The first verse is an interpolation.

Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 577-78, no. 411
18. 3a:vi recto-3a:vii recto
Sequence 'In die resurrectionis Domini'
Legg (1916), p. 467
19. 3a:vii recto
Sequence 'In feria secunda resurrectionis Domini'
Legg (1916), p. 469
20. 3a:vii recto-3a:vii verso
Sequence 'In feria tertia resurrectionis Domini'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 145-47, no. 96
Legg (1916), pp. 467-68
21. 3a:vii verso
Sequence 'In feria quarta resurrectionis Domini'
Legg (1916), p. 468
22. 3a:vii verso-3a:viii recto
Sequence 'In feria sexta resurrectionis Domini'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 149-50, no. 98
Legg (1916), p. 531
23. 3a:viii recto-3a:viii verso
Sequence 'De sancto Alphego'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 579-80, no. 412
Legg (1916), pp. 531-32
24. 3a:viii verso
Sequence 'In inuentione Sancte Crucis'
Kehrein (1873), pp. 75-76, no. 73
25. 3a:viii verso-3a:ix recto
Sequence 'In inuentione Sancte Crucis'
Legg (1916), pp. 482-83
26. 3a:ix recto-3a:ix verso
Sequence 'In translatione Sancti Nicholai'
Legg (1916), pp. 475-76
27. 3a:ix verso-3a:x recto
Sequence 'De Sancto Dunstano'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 580-81, no. 413
Legg (1916), pp. 580-81
28. 3a:x recto-3a:x verso
Sequence 'De Sancto Augustino'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 581-82, no. 414
Legg (1916), pp. 533-34
29. 3a:x verso-3a:xi recto
Sequence 'In die Ascensionis Domini'
Kehrein (1873), p. 103, no. 116
30. 3a:xi recto-3a:xi verso
Sequence 'In die Pentecostes'
Legg (1916), pp. 470-71
31. 3a:xi verso
Sequence 'In feria secunda Pentecostes'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 175-76, no. 118
Legg (1916), pp. 471
32. 3a:xi verso-3a:xii recto
Sequence 'In feria tertia Pentecostes'
Legg (1916), pp. 472
33. 3a:xii recto
Sequence 'In feria quarta Pentecostes'
Legg (1916), pp. 472
34. 3a:xii recto-3a:xii verso
Sequence 'In feria quinta Pentecostes'
Legg (1916), p. 496
35. 3a:xii verso
Sequence 'In die Sancte Trinitatis'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 131-33, no. 100
Legg (1916), p. 473
36. 3a:xii verso-3a:xiii verso
Sequence 'De corpore et sanguine Iesu Christi'
Kehrein (1873), pp. 125-26, no. 150
37. 3a:xiii verso
Sequence 'De Sancto Albano'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 582-84, no. 415
Legg (1916), p. 279
38. 3a:xiii verso-3a:xiv recto
Sequence 'De Sancta Etheldreda'
Misset and Weale (1888), p. 584, no. 416
39. 3a:xiv recto-3a:xiv verso
Sequence 'In natiuitate Sancti Iohannis Baptiste'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 290-92, no. 190
40. 3a:xiv verso-3a:xv recto
Sequence 'Apostolorum Petri et Pauli'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 584-85, no. 417
41. 3a:xv recto-3a:xv verso
Sequence 'Ad octauas Petri et Pauli'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 53-55, no. 35
Legg (1916), p. 477
42. 3a:xv verso
Sequence 'In translatione Sancti Benedicti'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 181-82, no. 123
Legg (1916), p. 534
43. 3a:xv verso-3a:xvi recto
Sequence 'Ad uincula Sancti Petri'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 159-60, no. 106
Legg (1916), p. 478
44. 3a:xvi recto
Sequence 'De Sancto Laurentio'
Legg (1916), p. 478
45. 3a:xvi recto-3a:xvi verso
Sequence 'In translatione Sancti Edwoldi'
Misset and Weale (1888), p. 586, no. 418
46. 3a:xvi verso-3a:xvii recto
Sequence 'In Assumptione Beatae Mariae'
Legg (1916), p. 479
47. 3a:xvii recto-3a:xvii verso
Sequence 'In depositione Sancti Edwoldi'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 586-87, no. 419
48. 3a:xvii verso-3a:xviii recto
Sequence 'In decollatione Sancti Iohannis Baptistae'
Legg (1916), p. 477
49. 3a:xviii recto-3a:xviii verso
Sequence 'In natiuitate Sancte Mariae'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 65-67, no. 44
Legg (1916), p. 482
50. 3a:xviii verso-3a:xix recto
Sequence 'In die Sancti Michaelis'
Legg (1916), p. 483
51. 3a:xix recto
Sequence 'In die Sancti Michaelis'
Kehrein (1873), pp. 139-40, no. 172b
52. 3a:xix recto-3a:xix verso
Sequence 'De Sancto Dionisio'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 382-83, no. 267
53. 3a:xix verso
Sequence 'In dedicatione ecclesiae'
Legg (1916), p. 496
54. 3a:xix verso-3a:xx recto
Sequence 'In die Omnium Sanctorum'
Legg (1916), pp. 483-84
55. 3a:xx recto-3a:xx verso
Sequence 'In die Sancti Martini'
Legg (1916), p. 484
56. 3a:xx verso-3a:xxi recto
Sequence 'In die Sancti Edmundi regis et martyris'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 166-67, no. 114
57. 3a:xxi recto
Sequence 'In die Sanctae Katerinae'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 167-68, no. 115
Legg (1916), p. 536
58. 3a:xxi recto-3a:xxi verso
Sequence 'In die Sancti Andreae apostoli'
Legg (1916), p. 475
59. 3a:xxi verso-3a:xxii recto
Sequence 'In natali Sancti Nicholai'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 587-89, no. 420
60. 3a:xxii recto-3a:xxii verso
Sequence 'In natali Sancti Nicholai'
Legg (1916), pp. 485-86
61. 3a:xxii verso
Sequence 'De apostolis'
Legg (1916), p. 486
62. 3a:xxii verso-3a:xxiii recto
Sequence 'De euangelistis'
Legg (1916), pp. 536-37
63. 3a:xxiii recto-3a:xxiii verso
Sequence 'De martyribus'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 153-55, no. 101
Legg (1916), p. 488
64. 3a:xxiii verso-3a:xxiv recto
Sequence 'De doctoribus'
Legg (1916), p. 489
65. 3a:xxiv recto
Sequence 'De confessoribus'
Legg (1916), pp. 487-88
66. 3a:xxiv recto-3a:xxiv verso
Sequence 'De uirginibus'
Legg (1916), pp. 489-90
67. 3a:xxiv verso
Sequence 'In uisitatione Beatae Mariae'

Added by a later hand.

Kehrein (1873), p. 216, no. 282

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (HFFH)
Extent: Codex: 24 leaves. 230 × 180 mm.

Collation

  • Quires 19-2012 (ff. 3a:i-3a:xxiv)

Layout

185 × 140 mm. Frame and line ruling in leadpoint, single columns. 24 lines to the page, written below top line.

Hand(s)

Written in littera textualis, apparently by a single hand.

Decoration

Plain initials, alternating in red and blue, two lines, at the beginning of each sequence.

Plain initials, alternating in red and brown (the ink of the main text), one line, throughout each sequence.

Rubrics written in red.

History

Origin: 13th or early 14th century. ; Cerne Abbey.

Part 3b: Sequentiary from Cerne Abbey [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10, ff. 3b:xxv-3b:xxviii]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

68. 3b:xxv recto
Sequence 'In uisitatione Beatae Mariae'
Kehrein (1873), p. 168, no. 212, sts. 1-4
69. 3b:xxv recto
Sequence 'Virgo festi'
Kehrein (1873), p. 168, no. 212, sts. 5-7
70. 3b:xxv verso
Sequence 'Unius martyris'
Misset and Weale (1888), pp. 49-51, no. 32
Legg (1916), p. 487
71. 3b:xxv verso-3b:xxvi recto
Sequence 'De Sanctae Mariae'
Legg (1916), p. 481
72. 3b:xxvi recto
Sequence 'De purificatione Beatae Mariae'
Legg (1916), p. 466-67
73. 3b:xxvi verso
Sequence 'In aduentu de Sancta Maria'
Legg (1916), p. 481
74. 3b:xxvi verso-3b:xxvii recto
Sequence 'Infra natale Domini de Sancta Maria et usque purificationem'
Legg (1916), p. 481
75. 3b:xxvii recto
Sequence 'Paschali tempore et usque ad festum trinitatis de Sancta Maria'
Kehrein (1873), p. 185, no. 234
76. 3b:xxvii recto
Sequence 'De Virgine Maria'
Kehrein (1873), p. 185, no. 233
77. 3b:xxvii verso
Sequence 'Gaude Virgo Mater'
Kehrein (1873), p. 188, no. 239
78. 3b:xxvii verso
List of 24 relics owned by Cerne Abbey

Relics of: Saints Andrew, Catherine, Agatha, Faith, Lawrence, Stephen, George, Edmund Martyr, Vincent, Clement, Ursula, Appolonia, Botolph, 'Augustino doctore', Ambrose, Barbara, John the Baptist, Gregory, Mary Magdalene, Blasius, Matin, Anastasia, 'caput sancti sebastiani'.

Jones (1952), pp. 57-59
Luxford (2002)
79. 3b:xxviii recto
Creed 'Credo in unum deum'
80. 3b:xxviii recto
Psalm 141
80. 3b:xxviii verso
List of 24 relics owned by Cerne Abbey
Rubric: 3b:xxviii verso: hec sunt reliquis quae sunt

Repeat of the same list on f. 3b:xxvii verso.

81. 3b:xxviii verso
Epitaph of St Agatha from the Legenda Aurea Jacobus de Voragine
Language(s): Latin
Incipit: 3b:xxviii verso Mentem + sanctam + spontaneam + honorem + deo + et + patrie + liberationem +

Full transcription.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (FHHF)
Extent: Codex: 4 leaves. 230 × 165-180 mm.

Collation

  • Quire 214 (ff. 3a:xxv-3a:xxviii)

Layout

185 × 140 mm. No ruling, but pricked for 22 lines; rough writing grid ruled in hardpoint, variable layout, written below top line.

Hand(s)

Written by several hands, in anglicana, secretary and a textualis bookhand.

History

Origin: Late 14th or 15th century. ; Cerne Abbey.

Additional Information

Record Sources

This catalogue entry draws on the descriptions prepared for: Western Illuminated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library by Paul Binski and Patrick Zutshi, with the collaboration of Stella Panayotova (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) (used here by kind permission of Cambridge University Press); Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche Facsimile (1994-), vol. 7: A.N. Doane, Anglo-Saxon bibles and 'The Book of Cerne' (Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2002); and Michelle P. Brown, The Book of Cerne: prayer, patronage and power in ninth-century England (London: British Library, 1996). Further, detailed bibliographies are also provided therein.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card. For information on eligibility and admissions procedures, see Joining the Library). For further enquiries, and to confirm the availability of the manuscript, please contact the Special Collections Reading Room.

Custodial History

The manuscript was displayed as part of the exhibition Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War (British Library, 19 October 2018-19 February 2019) (ff. 31v-32r).

Bibliography

    Part 1: Manuscript descriptions:

    Medieval cartularies of Great Britain and Ireland, Davis, G.R.C.Breay, ClaireHarrison, JulianSmith, David M. (London, British Library, 2010)

Bibliography

    Part 1: Editions:

    The cartulary of Cerne Abbey, commonly known as 'The Red Book of Cerne', in the Cambridge University Library (Class-mark Ll.1.10) Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Lock, B. Fossett (28, 65-95, 1907) The cartulary of Cerne Abbey, commonly known as 'The Red Book of Cerne', in the Cambridge University Library (Class-mark Ll.1.10) Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, Lock, B. Fossett (29, 195-224, 1908) The Sarum missal, edited from three early manuscripts, Legg, J. Wickham (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1916) Magna Carta, Holt, J.C. (Cambridge, University Press, 1992) English episcopal acta, Kemp, B.R. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1999)

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    Part 2: Manuscript descriptions:

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(Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1992) A palaeographer's view: the selected writings of Julian Brown, Brown, T. Julian (London, Harvey Miller, 1993) Anglo-Saxon Exeter: a tenth-century cultural history Studies in Anglo-Saxon history, Conner, Patrick W. (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 1993) Old English glosses to Latin texts: a bibliographical handlist Medioevo e Rinascimento, Vaciago, P. (7, 1-67, 1993) The Book of Cerne: prayers, patronage and power in ninth-century England, Brown, Michelle (London, British Library, 1996) <hi rend="italics">Explicit</hi>: the Book of Cerne and the culmination of the Insular tradition Old English Newsletter, Brown, Michelle P. 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(Osaka, Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies, Kansai University, 1999) A liturgical miscellany in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 190 Traditio, Jones, Christopher A. (54, 103-139, 1999, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27831973) Anglicized word order in Old English continuous interlinear glosses in British Library, Royal 2. A. XX Anglo-Saxon England, Crowley, Joseph (29, 123-151, 2000, http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/anglo-saxon-england/article/anglicized-word-order-in-old-english-continuous-interlinear-glosses-in-british-library-royal-2-a-xx/31309106711B87E71754072675D25335) Female book-ownership and production in Anglo-Saxon England: the evidence of the ninth-century prayerbooks Lexis and texts in early English: studies presented to Jane Roberts Costerus. New series, Brown, Michelle P. (Amsterdam, 45-67, Rodopi, 2001) Mercian manuscripts? The Tiberius group and its historical context Mercia: an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Europe Studies in the early history of Europe, Brown, Michelle P. (London, 278-291, Leicester University Press, 2001) The Cerne 'trembling' hand and the Tremulous Hand of Worcester Notes and Queries, Franzen, Christine (n.s. 48, 4, 374-375, 2001) Anglo-Saxon manuscripts in microfiche facsimile Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, Doane, A.N. (Tempe (AZ), 7: Anglo-Saxon bibles and 'The Book of Cerne', Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2002) The Cambridge Illuminations: Ten Centuries of Book Production in the Medieval West, (London, Harvey Miller, 2005) Guide to Scripts Used in English Writings up to 1500, Roberts, Jane (London, British Library, 2005) Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon age, Brown, Michelle P. (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2007) Writing in the Insular world Cambridge history of the book in Britain, Brown, Michelle P. 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