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The Index of Middle English Prose Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2023
Described Hardwick & Luard: iv.7–8.
[1]
f. 2
And we wityng þis time þat þe our is now þat we rise fro sleep for now oure helþe is neer þan whanne we bileuyden þe nyʒt wente bifor but þe dai haþ neiʒid þerfor caste we awei þe werkis of derknessis and be we cloþid in þe armes of liʒt as in dai wandre we honestli …
f. 56v
… wiþ pitee hadden best grace kept þerfor helful and hooli þenkyng is to preie for deed men þat þei ben unbounden fro synnes.
Explicit (f. 56v): ‘Here enden þe pistlis and þe lessouns of þe olde lawe’. Epistles and lessons for the church's year, beginning with the first Sunday of Advent, and including readings for Wednesdays and Fridays, and for feast days and saints’ days.
[2]
f. 57
Here bigynneþ a kalendere wiþ a reule þat techiþ to fynde þe gospels and pistlis and lessouns þat ben red in chirchis bi al þe ʒeer in what bookis and chapitris þei ben in þe bible bigynnyng at aduent bifor cristmasse.
Rubric heading to a table (ff. 57–63v) that lists the correct biblical readings, with locations, for the church year. The biblical chapter is given for each occasion, along with incipits and explicits of each reading.
Other texts: cf. Dd.1.27 [2], Kk.1.8 [2].
[3]
ff. 64–64v
Another table listing the correct biblical readings, with locations, for the commemorations. With the incipit at the foot of f. 63v: ‘and now bigynneþ þe commemoraciouns’, and the explicit on f. 64v: ‘here endiþ þe commemoraciouns of pistlis and gospels’. The biblical chapter is given for each occasion, along with incipits and explicits of each reading. This table covers some festivals (e.g. our lady in advent), some topics (e.g. for clear weather, rain), some occasions (weddings, requiem), etcetera.
[4]
f. 66
Matthew þat was of judee as he is set first in ordre of þe gospelers so he wrot first þe gospel in iudee and fro þe office of a tolgadderer he was clepid to god whanne þis mathew hadde prechid first þe gospel iudee and wolde go to heþen men he wrot first þe gospel in ebrew …
f. 358
… of þese þinges ʒhe amen i come soone amen come þou lord iesu þe grace of oure lord iesu crist be wiþ ʒou alle amen.
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