The Prayer Book Of Aedeluald the bishop, commonly called the Book of Cerne;

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INTRODUCTION. XIT opon apa a in theae miniaturos aro fissod up With triangular pato a os aman clarobrod dota arrangod in trianglos.

I. Magna Caria. 2. Oratio Aumatini ante Misaam. 3. Quaodam Monaaterium de Cerne apoctantia. 4. Lectiones quasdam Euangelicao charactere saxonico tempore Hachatia recitari in Ecclesiis solitae. 5. Procos aliquot Latinao o quibus una lingua saxonica inter lineas concipitur. Codex membr. 4to.

It mill be obsorved that the sequences noW bound up at the end of the volumoare not mentioned; but this does not seem a sussicient reason sor inserring that tho Sequentiar has been addod later. Tho iaci that at least the Cerne chartem Bernata's item 3 a ve) Were certainlyattached to tho Ρrvor Book of AethelWold at the end of the XVII century, maybo an indication that the latior also Mas at Cerne in tho lator Middie Ages. Butin any case this Would not afford any presumption that it Was Written at Cerne. In shori, nothing definite is known of the histo of the ΜS besors it camo into Bishop Moore's possession. We must therelare rely upon internat evidenco sor ita

On the recto of s. 21 tho verso of Which is occupied by the picture of S. Gho)is an acroatic of eighteen linos, the initiat letters of Which ove tho Mess Aodoluald Episcopus.'' The HS contains a second allusion to Bishop AetholWold. Prefixod totho colloction os extracta hom the Psalma s. 87 b) occur the worda ' hoc argumentum sorsorii Oe twald episcopus decerpsit.' It is apparently on the strength of those two occurre es of the namo that Bradshaw callod tho book 'Libor Etholwaldi Episcopi ;and certainly thsy afford reasonabis ground sor connecting the book Mith a BishopΑethelWold; the acroatic seems even to countenance the supposition that the bookWas initten during his episcopato. The question arises: is it possibis to identist

tha intra and lo in fingora of the right hand ara bent dom, inua representing the Evangeliat aa in theaot of benediction in the Latin mannar.

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52 is the fame prvor sis 3; and that 69 is the fame prayer M 30. This mises a prima foecis presumption that tho compiter of tho Book of cime, or the compiteros iis original, had bosors him separato booklois. At tho fame timo it is in beobserved that the texta do not show such varianis as Would suggest that the duplicate copies of these two prvors came fram different HSS. When Ne compare the actual Wording os various prvera in delial, We find that some shoW close assinity, and osten even verbal identi . It Will bo instructive toprint out in parallel columns the suli texta os 17 and of 47 and 48. 1 F. ORATIO UTILIS DE MEMBRA

por natiuitatem tuam aingularem ac sanctissimam inlumina montis mino tenobras

et da mihi maiorem tuae caritatis ardorem et per tui praesepia angustiam et per circumcisionen circumcido in mo uitia cordis ot corporis mei et Per omnem humanitatem tuam humillimam os miti imam et per membra tua mundissima miserem mombria mola inmundi imia et per ministeria matris tuae quae tibi corporaliter si spiritaliter Oxhibuit expelle a mo superbiae spiritum et concedo mihi cordis humilitatem

F. ORATIO AD DOMINUM AB ALCHFRIDO ANCH. CONPOSITUM.

Depreoor is sto n. nancte pater omnipotens

aeterno deus propter nomen tuum et per spiritum sanctum tuum paraclotum Praetendo super me dexteram tuas maiestatis ut auxilium tuum et misericordiam miscum habere merearet Per sacrosancta mysteria oorporia et aanguinis

Christi filii tui

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ot per baptismum tuum et aacrum iesunium ridiorum ac noctium absoluo uincula uitiorum meorum et laua mo ab iniustitia mea modiator dei ot hominum Maudi mo ot libora me do manibus inimio

rum meorum

adiuva me domine sancto Pater saluatores per uestigia tua solicissima filius dolet per flectionem genuum tuorum

confirma gressus ms et Per manus tuas amotas ac uenorabiles munda manua mina a malis operibus

et per uincera tua quae nemper diuinis uirtutibus implata fuarunt innova in uia ribua meis apiritum sanctificationis et per caput tuum christo cantianimum miserere meo capiti criminoso et per beatoa oculoa tuos Parce pollutis oculis mola et per aurea et nares tuas suauisaim mitto modicinam auribua ot naribua mola indignissimis ot perin os tuum optimum M por lingiuun tuam mollifluam et per labia tua dulcissima custodi cuntodiam ori meo noquam ot lingue mino dolosas et labiis mola iniquis .i Per annotum Euangestum tuumst per caesentem doctrinam tuam dirigo cor moum in rectum connilium

G ueniam peccatis mota et Protege corpus meum si animam mctam

qui temtam non decinunt in via nuperbia quos tu repelle a me propiti in tua maiestate mirabilis de qui uiuia et regnas in inocula saeculorum Amon.

B. ITEM ALIA EIUSDEM.' Oh oro to domino Iesu Christo P.r .u-gestum tuum M per VII dona vultua nanoti et per VII lona virlina annoti mintlyuon super mo miserioordiam mvidipuoa --r m. mlaorlooratam tuam tuam

et per magnitudinem miraculorum tuorum ut dimittaa quod conscientia motuit rogo te redemptor mundi et adicisa quod oratio non praesumit ct p. x L

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qui infirmoa curanti mortuos maestantilopronos mundasti domonos olociati surdos audire claudos currere sociati caecorum oculoa st mutorum linguas aperuiati propterea deprecor is dominor pice ad me et minorem mei

et Protege me Parior ovium

et expello a mo domonum aduenitates et falsitates et da mihi fortitudinem aduorsarios meos uin

cere

per uirtutem tuam alti imam et Por omnia uerba tua clari ima

m.- ab omni pollutione Pomatorum et per passionem tuam et per crucem tuam et per sancta uulnera corporis tui libera mo do cruciatu domonum et ab inferni tenebria et per sanguinem tuum et per sepulturam tuamaana languores in Sot cura cicatrices mean et omnium malorum meorum maculas emunda medicus iam et Por resurrectionem tuamst per ascensionem tuam

alioua mo filius des

et eripe me do persecutione prauorum homini met pra ta mihi pacem et tranquillitatem in temporibus mota ut prospere pro te ambulem et in tua gratia Perseueremst ad se peruenire me Mnon pro moritia mota sed pro misericordia tua

et per mariam matrem tuam et mali imam uirginem adiuua fragilitatem meam et emunda me emmanuhel ab omni inquinamento carnia et spiritus et per tuorum innocentum interpellationea puri almasonatiga oorpua et animam m. met per beatos amatiam tuos Mirum si Paulum Andream Iacobum Iohannem et Thomam Iacobum milippum Bartholomsum M Mathoum Simonem et Thaddoum propitius eato mihi prinova pacis

et protego me Plua Parior ovium

et per merita beatorum martyrum tuorum erue me de mani a inimicorum meorum uisibilium ot inuisibilium et per omnium sanctorum a plicatio a salua me sanctus de et conserua me saluator meus et libera mo inmortalin do ab omnibus malia praeseritia praesentibus et ut la

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la the case of 49 a long 'oratio paenitentis 3 it Will sumco to print the actualpassages in Which parallela are sound in the earlier pruere.

in quo omnia et sub quo omnia per quem omnia facta sunt

Paroe --- meae parco factia mota et cunctis criminibus motas a. p. 122, L I9.

PMoe animae par malis mota parco hereticia meis parco peccatis atque criminibun mola uisita infirmum cum egrotuma I. p. 119, R ILdignoris mihi domino donare sanctum intellectum qui te cognoscat 2 aenaum qui sontiat te animum qui te sapiat diligentiam quae te quaerat d) anplentiam quae te inueniat

animam quae te amomat uiscera quae te ament

I) oor quod is cogitot tactum qui te tangat

linguam quae te praedicet conuersationem quae te placeat patientiam quae te a tineat Permueruntiam quae te ex cloi

ueniam peto ante te pius deus quia crimina agnos

tamen pro tua pietate minorem mei doua ne me perire patiaris 1 F. p. 108, L I circumcido in me uitia cordia os corporiamia

no auertas faciem tuam a mo quia non pro iustitia mea poto misericordiam tuam sed propter misericordiam tuam respice admo domino de sancta nodo maiestatis tuae et tonobras cordia mei radio splendoria tui inlumina protego me domino acuto ueritatis tuae ac fidei tuas ut mo diaboli imita iacula non penetrent in quo omnia sub quo omnia Per quem omnia sunt

Parce animae mono parce malis mola Parce criminibus mota uisita infirmum cum egrotum

uiam iustificationum tuarum iter ostendat et a fouoia inimici doclinare me doceatas. p. IM, L s. ueniam peto clemens trinitas quia crimina mea agnosco s. p. 146, L 14. minorem mei de ne me patiaria perire v. p. 147, L 2. circumcide in me uitia cordis ot corporis B. p. 147, L 13. neque auertas faciem tuam ab orations moaquia non pro i titia mea peto misericordiam tuam nod propter magnam clementiam tuam respice in me do sancta aede maiestatia tuas et tenebras cordia mei radio tui apio oris inlumina protege me domina acuto ueritatis tuae et fides ut mo diaboli ignita

iacula non penetrent K. C. c

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O. P. IIR l. s. 4B. p. IM, L 8. indulgo quod soci et hoc praesta indulge quod soci et hoc praeata

no faciam ut ampliua non faciam

a connection botween the suitos of prvers 17 to 25 and 47 to 49. Thoso tWo seis of prvora theresore must have been derived tho one hom tho Othor, or elae theymust be the collaterat descendanis os a common anceator. In either mae it solioWathat the Book of Cerne is not an original or homogeneous collection os prayers, butWas dorived directly or indirectly Dom more than one Murce. Again, Nos. 38, 3s, Uand 41 are also Mund in a collection os sorty-three prvere in tho Book of Nunn minater'. based on the svonis of our Loia's Lus and Ρassion Τhis is another

indication that the Book of Cerne was made up hom different bookleis. The inserenoe is stre thenod by tho iaci that prayer No. 41, as found in tho Book of

Nun minater, has the masculino forma purificatus' and 'sanctificatus,' and waa

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In 17 the adjurations are not only by various mysteries in the liso of our Loia, but also by the different membere os His Body, and this in great dotail: His Head, Des, Ears, Nostriis, Mouth, Tongue, Lips, are ali enumerated and madocte basis os species supplications. Α similar contrast Will bo noticed in the petitio . Prvere 47 and 48, uacompared With 17, are macted is sobriely and restriant. In 17 thero is a pious

Mandon that surrendera iiseis to an over Mering consciousnem os mili and aeemato lose the sense os proportion. The petitioner, sor example, prus lar mercy

on hia most unotean membern

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Again many of the adjurations in 17 suggest the Arms of tho Litany Whichfinalty obtainod generat acceptance in the Westem Church. Thus:

Per natiuitatem tuam e baptismum tuum et aacrum ieiunium per Passionem tuam

Per crucem tuam per sepulturam tuam Per resurrectionem tuam per ascensionem tuam.

Bonodicat mo deus Patercuatodiat mo christus inluminet me spiritus nanctua omnibus dieb- uitae me doxtora me domini co eruet aemper in aeuum gratia me chriati iugitor defendat ab hostodirigo domino cor meum in uiam Pacis rogant pro me angeli et archangeli rogant pro me patriarchi et prophetae rogant pro me in amatoliet omnea sancti martyr in nomine Eanctae trinitatis Amon.

maerore mei deus angelorum dirige me rex archangelorum c todi me per orationea patriarcharum per merita prophetarum per suffragia amatolorum per uictorias martyrumpor fidem Oons Sorum Bio.

Tho potitioner in 15 Des on to involis holy Enoch, Noe and the principia ininta of tho old Law. He montions is name tho tWolvo minor propheta and then involi tho twelve apostles and ad holy martyra. He prus to bo dolivered -m many hinds of vices, and petitions sor many virtuos With great minuteneas of apecification.