The Lay Folks Mass Book, or The Manner of Hearing Mass

560 Pages·1879·27.96 MB·English

by  Thomas FrederickSimmons (ed.)

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THE MANNER OF HEARING
WITH EUBEICS AND DEVOTIONS FOE THE PEOPLE
IN FOUR TEXTS
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ACCORDING TO THE USE OP YORK
FROM MANUSCRIPTS OF THE XTH TO THE XVTH CENTURY
WITH
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THOMAS FREDERICK
SIMMONS, M.A.
CANOlf OP YOEK, BEC1OB OF DAtTON UOL1IB
LONDON
PUBLISHED FOR THE EARLY ENGLISH TEXT SOCIETY
BY N. TRUBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL
MDCCCLXXIX
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BUNGAY CLAY AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.
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CONTENTS.
PAOB
PREFACE ix xvi
INTRODUCTION to the Four Textsof the Mass Book ... xvii Ixxi
Theirphilological and liturgical interest ... ... ... xvii
Origin ofsubsidiarydevotionsandtheir development xviii
Purpose and character of Dan Jeremy'swork ... ... ... xxvii
TheAuthor not Hieremias Senonensis ... ... ... ... xxxii
Original written in French ... ... ... ... ... xxxii
Accordingtothe Use of Rouen xxxv
Aboutthe middle oftwelfth Century xxxvi
ForNormansresidingin England ... ... ... xxxviii
Identification ofthe Author ... ... ... ... ... xl
Charters attested by him ... ... ... ... ... xliv
Translation into English in the thirteenth Century ... ... xlix
Dialectof Translation and Variationsby Scribes liv
Subsequent Ritual Revision ... ... ... ... ... Ixi
Thesix known MSS. ... ... ... ... ... ... Ixv
THE FOUR TEXTS 160
Translator's prelude ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Vesting ofpriest ... ... ... ... ... ... 6
Mutual Confession ofpriestand people ... ... ... 6
FormofGeneral Confession ... ... ... ... ... 7
Office (Introif) 10
The Gloriain Excelsis ... ... ... ... ... ... 14
The Gospel 16
The Creed 20
The Offertory 22
The Orate 24
The Secreta 26
The Preface 28
VI CONTENTS.
PACT?
The Canon 30
The Elevation 38
Prayerforthe Dead ... ... ... ... ... ... 42
The Paternoster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 46
The Pax 48
The Eincing 51
The Postcommon ... ... ... ... ... ... 56
Prayer aftermass ended ... ... ... ... ... ... 68
GRACE BEFORE MEAT AND DRINK 60
BIDDING PEAYEES YOEK USE 6180
I. Before Conquest ... ... ... ... ... ... 62
II. From SirJohn Lawson's MS. 64
III. From MS. Manual, York Minster 68
IV. ShortForm 74
V. From York Manual. A.D. 1509 75
[The presentform, p.320.]
YOEK HOUES OF THE CEOSS 8187
APPENDIX YOEK OEDEE OF MASS 90117
I.
BeginningofMass to Gospel and Creed 90
The Offertory 98
The Preface 102
The Canon 104
TheLord's Prayer, Agnus Dei, and Pax 112
The Communion ... ... ... ... ... ... 115
The Postcommon 116
APPENDIX DOCTEINE OF THE EUCHAEIST 118121
II. ...
APPENDIX III. PEEPAEATION BEFOEE EECEIVING THE
SACEAMENT OF THE ALTAE 122127
APPENDIX IV. MANNEE AND MEDE OF THE MASS 128147
Medesofthe Mass 131
Legendof SaintAustin and thejanglingwomen 136
The Offertory 142
The Elevation 144