Exorcismus panis ordeacii et casei ad probationem ueri (Iud Dei III)
This text is a manual for the ordeal of bread and cheese. It survives in several manuscripts, the earliest of which dates from the tenth century. Its transmission in a number of manuscripts is closely connected with that of two other ordeal manuals, the Exorcismus aquae ad iudicium dei demonstrandum and the Adiuratio ferri uel aquae feruentis.
Contents
Print editions
- Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 408–409.
Manuscripts
- Ca: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 422, pp. 339-344
description & facsimiles - Ch: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 44, pp. 386-389
description & facsimiles - Ci: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 146, pp. 312-314
description & facsimiles - Ps: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 943, fos. 95v-97r
description & facsimiles