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The prayers of mass 15 come together in two ninth-century sacramentaries = Tc
3321-3322, 3324 MSS F and T3 (see above, mass 12); in Sherborne (var.),
Newminster, Lesnes, and the Norwegian manual B.
Mass 15 has been used for the feast of St. Thorlak (Lorlåkr) of Skålholt in the Icelan-
dic manual fragment, MS AM 241b V fol. (= Manisi fragm. 2); see below, p. 66.
It reappears in the Common of the saints of the Icelandic Missale Scardense c. 1470,
that is, the secret alone has survived (AM Access. 7aa f. 54r). See Plate 41. On the
Missale Scardense, see below, pp. 58 sqq.
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VNIUS CONFESSORIS NON EPISCOPI
Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam. .. (Ps.) Noli emulari.
Coll. Exaudi domine preces nostras quas in sancti .N. confessoris
tui sollempnitate deferimus. ut qui tui digne meruit famulari. eius
intercedentibus meritis ab omnibus nos absoluas peccatis. Per.
= Sp 391* (Trent); GrP 823; Tc 3578 MS U (from Stavelot); W 3, 1622 (English
and French sources); ManNor MS F c. 1200 = ed. p. 81; Bruylants 2, 540.
Sapientie (Eccli. 45, 1-6). Dilectus deo et hominibus.. / .. et legem (20)v = p. 10
uite et discipline.
Gr. Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam. .. V. Lex dei eius.. . Alleluia.
V. Iustus germinabit...
Lvcam (11, 33-36). IN illis. Dixit ihesus discipulis suis. Nemo
accendit lucernam et in abscondito ponit.. /.. Et sicut lucema fulgo- (2i)r = p. n
ris: illuminabit te.
Offerenda. Veritas mea. ..
Seer. Propiciare domine supplicationibus nostris. et interueniente pro
nobis saneto .N. confessore tuo. his sacramentis celestibus seruientes
ab omni culpa liberos esse concede. ut purificante nos gratia tua
eisdem quibus famulantur mysteriis emundemur. Per.
Gom. Fidelis seruus et prudens...
Postcom./ Ut nobis domine tua sacrificia dent salutem. beatus .N. (2i)v = p. 12
confessor tuus quesumus precator accedat. Per.
The secret and the posteommunion come together in ninth-century manuscripts from
Corbie, Diisseldorf, and Trent = Tc 3314-3315, and from Tours, ibid. 3642 and 3644.
They also come together in the English and French sources quoted in W 3, 1623-24,
but only a Paris manuscript contains the three mass-prayers of mass 16.