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Book SynopsisNew editions and translations of the two earliest texts for the rite of royal anointing in Anglo-Saxon England. This volume provides new editions and translations of the two earliest texts for the rite of royal anointing in Anglo-Saxon England. The First Ordo, believed to go back to the ninth century, perhaps even a little before, is the earliest surviving coronation liturgy from anywhere in the West. The compilation of the Second English Ordo has been assigned to the late ninth or early tenth century. David Pratt's edition and translation presents this extremely important material in a scholarly but fully accessible way for the first time. New editions are desirable, not only for the intrinsic value of scrutinizing the text and transmission history of both ordines, but for the light which can be cast on the early history of the rite of royal anointing in England. That history is a subject which unfortunately cannot be studied with reference to any single, authoritative manuscript, but must rather be explored comparatively, by looking across the manuscript record of later Anglo-Saxon and Frankish pontificals, and by identifying patterns of development.
Table of ContentsPUBLICATION SECRETARY'S PREFACE PREFACE LIST OF TABLES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS NOTE ON CITATIONS INTRODUCTION The First Ordo The A-version of the Second Ordo Reconstructing the A-version in its earliest form The principal sources of the A-version The dating of the A-version The later history of the rite: a summary THE MANUSCRIPT SOURCES OF THE FIRST ORDO L. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 579 A. Rouen, Bibliothèque municipale, 368 (A. 27) E. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 10575 M. Milan, Biblioteca del Capitolo Metropolitano, II-D-03-007 V. Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, lat. 13151 LIST OF EARLIER EDITIONS EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES THE FIRST ENGLISH CORONATION ORDO THE MANUSCRIPT SOURCES OF THE A-VERSION OF THE SECOND ORDO Base manuscript: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 12052 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 13313 and other 'SMN' manuscripts LIST OF EARLIER EDITIONS EDITORIAL PRINCIPLES THE A-VERSION OF THE SECOND ENGLISH CORONATION ORDO APPENDIX 1: The transmission of Omnipotens sempiterne deus in manuscripts of the Second Ordo 2: Anointing prayers in the Second Ordo and related ordines 3: The A-version of the Second Ordo and its probable sources 4: The First Ordo in the Ordo of Milan BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS CITED INDEX OF LITURGICAL FORMS INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES
