A collection of Ordines Romani including Angilram of Metz, De cantorum et lectorum ordinatione and a series of oaths held before the archbishop of Besançon
Agent
Preferred form
Angilram (07..-0791)
Original form
Angilram of Metz, late 8th century, Bishop of Metz
This manuscript consists of a pontifical for a bishop built around
a collection of Ordines Romani ('Orders of the Romans') originating
in the 8th-century, including the Decretum Gelasianum de libris
recipiendis et non recipiendis (The Decretal of Gelasius: On Books
to Be Admitted and not to Be Admitted) and the unique witness of
the De cantorum et lectorum ordinatione (On the Regulation of
Singers and Readers) of Angilram of Metz (d. 791) regulating the
fees of the cantores (clerks in charge of the liturgical chant) and
the lectores (clerks in charge of reading the liturgical texts) .
This collection (ff. 4v-86v) was written during the first half of
the 11th century. The first quire (ff. 1r-4r) includes later oaths
written by several 11th-century and 12th-century hands. The Ordines
are numbered in Roman numerals, according to Andrieu's edition, Les
Ordines Romani (1931). Contents:ff. 1r-4r: A series of oaths for
obedience held before the archbishop of Besançon by bishops and
some abbesses, written by several 11th-century and 12th-century
hands, the earliest dated to 1019 (Hugh of Lausanne); a unique copy
of an edict of Rudolf II of Burgundy giving Besancon permission to
ordain bishops for Lausanne, Belley and Sion. ff. 4v-27v: Ordo
Romanus XXXV , beginning: 'In nomine Dei summi ordo quomodo in
sancta romana ecclesia lector ordinatur'. ff. 27v-42v: Ordo Romanus
I, beginning: 'Incipit Ordo ecclesiastici romanae ecclesiae vel
qualiter missa celebratur'. ff. 42v-51v: Ordo Romanus XI,
beginning: 'Incipit ordo vel denuntiatio scrutinii ad electos quod
tertia ebdomada in quadragesima second feria initiatur'. ff.
51v-63v: Ordo Romanus XXVII, beginning: 'De officiis divinis in
noctibus a cena domini usque in pascha'. ff. 63v-65v: Ordo Romanus
XLII, beginning: 'In nomine Dei summi ordo quomodo in sancta romana
ecclesia reliquie reconduntur'. ff. 65v-70v: Ordo Romanus XXXIV,
beginning: 'In nomine Domini ordo quomodo in romana ecclesia
acolitus ordinetur'. ff. 70v-73r: Angilram of Metz, De cantorum et
lectorum ordinatione, beginning: 'Anchilramnus presul dum summum
conscendit honorem'. ff. 73r-79v: Pseudo-Gelasius, Decretum
Gelasianum de libris recipiendis et non recipiendis, beginning:
'Incipit decretum Gelasii papae quem in urbe Roma cum LXX
eruditissimis episcopis conscripsit'. ff. 79v-81v: Ordo Romanus
XIII, beginning: 'In Christi nomine incipit ordo librorum
catholicorum qui in ecclesia romana ponuntur in anno circulo'. ff.
81v-83v: Extracts from the Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (The Ancient
Statutes of the Church). ff. 84v-86v: Instructions on marriage,
beginning: 'Secundum Mattheum. Dico autem vobis: quicumque
dimiserit uxorem suam', imperfect at the end.Decoration:Initials
and rubrics in red.
