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verse beg. Ante oculos tuos Domine reus conscientiae testis adsisto

  • Latin

Latin prayer attested in early Irish or Irish-influenced manuscripts (though probably not of Irish origin).

First words (verse)
  • Ante oculos tuos Domine reus conscientiae testis adsisto
Not be confused with Ante oculos tuos, Domine, culpas quas fecimus, which is found in the Bobbio Missal.
Manuscripts

Include:

Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll. 1. 10 2, ff. 2-99 = Book of Cerne prayerbook [s. ix1]
f. 48r.4–49r.15
rubric: ‘Sancta confessio’
beg. ‘Ante oculos tuos domine reus conscientiae testis’
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 3 2, ff. 12r-67v = Stowe Missal (proper) [s. ix1]
f. 18r
beg. ‘Ante oculos tuos domine reus conscientiae testes adsisto’
Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 18 [s. ix1]
Incorporated in Domine Deus omnipotens (al. Deus deus meus (rex) omnipotens.
Reims, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 213
New York, Morgan Library, MS M 641
f. 40r
rubric: ‘Alias [sic] orationes ante altare’
beg. ‘Ante oculos tuos conscientiae teste reus assisto’
Sacramentary of Mont-Michel (11th c.).
Language
  • Latin

Classification

Sources

Secondary sources (select)

Strittmatter, Anselm, “An unknown ‘apology’ in Morgan manuscript 641”, Traditio 4 (1946): 179–196.
194–195
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2020, last updated: January 2024
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