Texts

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:

f. 48r.4–49r.15
rubric: ‘Sancta confessio’
beg. ‘Ante oculos tuos domine reus conscientiae testis’
f. 18r
beg. ‘Ante oculos tuos domine reus conscientiae testes adsisto’
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
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2020, last updated: January 2024