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cxii Chapter IX.—Sources of the Speculum. Alcuiris Liber.
6. The Benediction of the Speculum.
Verses 1029—1034 of the Speculum.
The poetical invocation of divine blessing on the poet and his
public, the ordinary M.E. formula, meets counterpart in the various
MSS. of the Liber. The agreement of MS. Reg. 6 A. xi. is as
follows :
fol. 109 b, 1. 28. Auxiliante v. 1028. To pat blisse he vs bryng,
Domino.
nostro (iesu CrAdo q?<i
cu?n patre & Spmfu SancA)
uiuit et regnat16 per in- v. 1029. Jlat is king oner alle pyng
finita secttla secwlorum, amen. v. 1034. Amen. Amen. So mot
it be.
With these versions may be compared the concluding passage of
MS. Ii. 1. ff.:
“ Se heofenlice feeder (and pe sunu and pe hal^a ^ost) ^eunne us
past we moton per ece lif jeearnian (and $e trymme on us po rihtan
^e leafan and jescylde us wrS deofles costnun^a and) peet ... we
moton mid hi???, wunian peer he lifalS and rixalS on ealra worulde
woruld abutan ende, Amen.”
Add. MS. 18,338 of the Museum, a vellum octavo of the 10th
century called Isidori Episcopii Liber Officiorium de ecclesiasticis
ojjiciis, Breviarum Alcuini concludes gloria coronabitur. Amen.
MS. Kk. VI. 19, and MS. Mm. VI. 12, of the University Library,
Cambridge, have the same ending,perpetua coronabitur gloria, Amen.
With these is to be compared the Speculum, 1029, 1030, and 1034 :
‘ ‘ To ]>at blisse he vs bryng,
pat is king ouer alle \yng.
Amen. Amen, so mot it be."
The Speculum is quite independent in the additional element of
the glorification of the Virgin, verses 1031, 1032 :
“And Jeue us grace, while we be here,
To serue hym and hys moder dere.”
An amplification is preserved in MS. H2 (fol. 53 a), 832—835, with
fuller detail, marking a monkish environment for MS. H2.
MS. Bibl. Reg. 5 E. iv. adds the unique and charming benedicite
(fol. 110 5): cum angelis dei perpetualiter possidere digmzs efficietur,1
Explicit liber Aluuini (MS.) leuite ad Widonem comitem.
6. The Benediction of the Speculum.
Verses 1029—1034 of the Speculum.
The poetical invocation of divine blessing on the poet and his
public, the ordinary M.E. formula, meets counterpart in the various
MSS. of the Liber. The agreement of MS. Reg. 6 A. xi. is as
follows :
fol. 109 b, 1. 28. Auxiliante v. 1028. To pat blisse he vs bryng,
Domino.
nostro (iesu CrAdo q?<i
cu?n patre & Spmfu SancA)
uiuit et regnat16 per in- v. 1029. Jlat is king oner alle pyng
finita secttla secwlorum, amen. v. 1034. Amen. Amen. So mot
it be.
With these versions may be compared the concluding passage of
MS. Ii. 1. ff.:
“ Se heofenlice feeder (and pe sunu and pe hal^a ^ost) ^eunne us
past we moton per ece lif jeearnian (and $e trymme on us po rihtan
^e leafan and jescylde us wrS deofles costnun^a and) peet ... we
moton mid hi???, wunian peer he lifalS and rixalS on ealra worulde
woruld abutan ende, Amen.”
Add. MS. 18,338 of the Museum, a vellum octavo of the 10th
century called Isidori Episcopii Liber Officiorium de ecclesiasticis
ojjiciis, Breviarum Alcuini concludes gloria coronabitur. Amen.
MS. Kk. VI. 19, and MS. Mm. VI. 12, of the University Library,
Cambridge, have the same ending,perpetua coronabitur gloria, Amen.
With these is to be compared the Speculum, 1029, 1030, and 1034 :
‘ ‘ To ]>at blisse he vs bryng,
pat is king ouer alle \yng.
Amen. Amen, so mot it be."
The Speculum is quite independent in the additional element of
the glorification of the Virgin, verses 1031, 1032 :
“And Jeue us grace, while we be here,
To serue hym and hys moder dere.”
An amplification is preserved in MS. H2 (fol. 53 a), 832—835, with
fuller detail, marking a monkish environment for MS. H2.
MS. Bibl. Reg. 5 E. iv. adds the unique and charming benedicite
(fol. 110 5): cum angelis dei perpetualiter possidere digmzs efficietur,1
Explicit liber Aluuini (MS.) leuite ad Widonem comitem.