Texts

verse beg. Deus deus meus (rex) omnipotens

Latin
prose

First words (verse)

Deus deus meus (rex) omnipotens

Manuscripts

The texts listed here differ considerably between themselves.

London, British Library, MS Harley 2965 = Book of Nunnaminster [s. viii^ex/x^1/4]

f. 34r

Final part only. The preceding leaf is wanting.

Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll. 1. 10 2, ff. 2-99 = Book of Cerne prayerbook [s. ix¹]

ff. 48r.16–50r.14

rubric: ‘Alma confessio’

beg. ‘Deus, deus meus, omnipotens ego’

Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, MS A VII 3 = Psalterium graeco-latinum [s. ix^2/3^/^3/3]

f. 2va–3rb

rubric: ‘De conscientiae reatu ante altare’

beg. ‘Domine, deus omnipotens, ego humiliter te adoro’

Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 18 [s. ix¹]

f. 180v

rubric: ‘Confessio sancti Patricii episcopi’

beg. ‘Deus, Deus meus, rex omnipotens ego’

The use of Confessio foll. by the name of a figure of authority in the heading is also applied, in this part of the manuscript, to Gregory and Alcuin.

Language

Latin

Form

prose (primary)

Associated items

Ante oculos tuos DomineAnte oculos tuos Domine

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

Classification

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Kuypers, Arthur B., The prayer book of Aedeluald the bishop, commonly called the Book of Cerne, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1902.

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95–99 Version from the Book of Cerne.

[ed.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson [ed. and tr.], The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, Henry Bradshaw Society, 13, 14, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction

Volume 2: Translation and notes

Manuscripts used, with sigla:

T = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441 = Liber hymnorum (see pp. x-xiii)
- F = Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 2 (see pp. xiii-xvi)
- 19th-century copy for Reeves (William) (not used by the editors)

A = Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS C 5 inf = Antiphonary of Bangor
B = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 = Leabhar Breac
C = Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.1.10 = Book of Cerne
D = London, British Library, MS Harley 7653
E = Montpellier, École de Médecine, MS 218
G = St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 2
H = St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 577
I = Orléans, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 169 (146)
J = London, British Library, MS Royal 2 A xx
K = cxcv / St. Paul im Lavanttal, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 86a/1 (one folio in Karlsruhe)
L = Cork, University College, Book of Lismore
M = Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS M 32 4
N = London, British Library, MS Harley 2965 = Book of Nunnaminster
O = Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 514 (copy of O'Donnell's Beatha Choluim Chille)
P = Basel, University Library, MS A vii 3 (a Greek psalter)
Q = Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 8(?) (another copy of O'Donnell's Life)
R = ccxxi / St. Paul im Lavanttal, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 86a/1
S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 3 = Stowe Missal
V = Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Pal. lat. 482
W = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 80 = Antiphonary of Kilmoone
X = Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615
Y = Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 505
Z = Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 485
Δ = Cologne MS (formerly at Darmstadt)
Θ = Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512
Π = Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MS Clm 18665
Σ = Cambridge, St John's College, MS C 9 = Southampton Psalter
Ψ = London, British Library, MS Harley 585

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213–216 Version from the Angers MS.

[ed.] Berger, Samuel, “Confession des péchés attribuée à saint Patrice”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 155–159.

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Version from the Angers MS.

[ed.] Warren, Frederick E., The liturgy and ritual of the Celtic church, Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1881.

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185–187 Version from the Basel MS.

[ed.] Forbes, Alexander Penrose [ed.], Liber Ecclesiae Beati Terrenani de Arbuthnott: missale secundum usum Ecclesiae Sancti Andreae in Scotia, Burntisland: E Prelo de Pitsligo, 1864.

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xlii–xliv Version from the Basel MS.

Translation wanted

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