apoſtolus: Nox p̄ceſſit dies aūt appropinquabit.¶ Sereatim igit̉ hꝰ diei officiū ꝑſequētes dicemus. Primo ꝑ queꝫ quō ⁊ qͣre agni de cera hacdie fiant. Secūdo de benedictione cerei. Tertiode lectionibꝰ ⁊ tractibꝰ. Quarto de benedictione baptiſmi ſiue fontiū vbi etiā agit̉ de cereis. cathecuminoꝝ. Quinto de baptiſmo vbi agitur deveſtibꝰ qͣs neophiti octaua die deponūt. ⁊ de patrinis: Sexto de ꝯfirmatiōe. Septīo de miſſa.¶ Per quē quō ⁊ qͣre agni de cera fiāt/ Rubricaprimis itaqꝫ hac die acolſte eccleſie romane faciūt agnos decera noua benedicta: vel de cera cererApaſchalis anni p̄cedētis admixto criſmate qui in ſabbato in albis in eccl̓ia ꝑ dn̄m papam populo diſtribuūt̉. Agni iſti ſignificāt agnūillū īmaculatū qui tollit peccata mundi. Cera ſignificat eius humanitatē: ſicut beatus Gregoriꝰdicit: Mel in cera diuinitas in hūanitatē. Apisquidē oꝑat̉ cerā cū melle: nulla reſoluit̉ libidine⁊ btā ꝟgo eū qui eſt deꝰ ⁊ hō concepit ſine viriliſemine. In cera admiſcet̉ oleū ſeu criſma: qꝛ dominus noſter plenꝰ ē miſericordia: q̄ ꝑͤ oleū deſignat̉: in octaua diſtribuūtur: qꝛ in octaua reſurrectionis dn̄s ſuis p̄mia diſtribuit. ¶ Rurſus agnꝰin agno cereo p̄figuratꝰ. ⁊ in paſcha īmolatus admemoriā reducit. cui btūs Grego. oleuꝫ infundiinſtitult quādo paſchalis agni myſteria reſerauit. Hi etiā cerei agni figurant agnos nouellos. d̓quibꝰ eccleſia cantat in ſabbato in albis: ⁊ iō qn̄qꝫ in illo ſabbato fiūt: qd̓ etiā vſus apl̓icꝰ docet:qm̄ in dn̄ica tūc ſequēti dn̄o papa menſaꝫ intrāte ⁊ agnos cereos capellanis familiaribꝰ ſuis diſtribuere volēte. vnꝰ acolitꝰ ſolēniter portās ⁊ īIentās ſibi agnos ipſos dicit ter alta voce. Domine dn̄e iſti ſūt agni nouelli qui ānūciauerūt alleluya: mō venerūt ad fontes ⁊cͣ. Hi agni a fulgure⁊ tēperate fideles ⁊ credētes defendūt ꝓpt̓ ꝟtutem ꝯſecrationis ⁊ benedictiōis. ¶ Sane ẜm qͣrundā eccleſiaꝝ cōſuetudine cereꝰ diſtribuitur īoctaua paſche populo ad ſuffumigādas domosad ſignificandū ꝙ in vltīa reſurrectiōe xp̄s fidelibus in premio tribuet̉: ad qd̓ exp̄ſſiꝰ ſignificandū romana eccleſia agnos fecit ſupradictos.¶ De benedictione cerei. ¶ Rubrica.EcundOns bn̄dicit̉. ¶ Cirēloco paſchalis cereqd̓ ſciendū eſt ꝙ in prīcipio officij totus in eccleſia dꝫ ignis extingui: ⁊ nonus de lapide ꝑcuſſo cū calibe vel ex criſtallo ſoli obiecta dꝫ elici ⁊ de ſarmēto foueri. Ignis vetus veterē ſignificat legē: cuiꝰ figure ī morte xp̄iꝯplete fuere: ⁊ iō velut extīcte ceſſare debuerūt.ſꝫ de lapide .i. de xp̄o ꝗ eſt lapis angularis ꝗ verbere crucis ꝑcuſſus ſpm̄ ſcm̄ nobiſ effudit. vl̓ decriſtallo int̉ ſolem ⁊ eſcā mediāte .i. de xp̄o ꝗ fuitmediator int̓ deū ⁊ hominē ꝗ ſicut ip̄e teſtat̉ ignem in terrā mittere venit. nouꝰ ignis elicit̉ duꝫꝑ eius paſſionē vel reſurrectionē ſpūs ſcūs nob̓effundit̉ cui p̄bet alimentū ſacr̄m .i. xp̄s ꝗ eſt vitꝭvera. Criſtallus quoqꝫ ꝑlucida eſt xp̄i hūanitasreſurrectione ſplēdidiſſima. Ad hͦ nouꝰ ignis iōbn̄dicit̉: ut ſicut ille qui ē lumē indeficiēs illuminās oēm hoīeꝫ venientē in hūc mundū igne illuminauit moyſen: ita illuminet ſenſus ⁊ corda nr̄avt ex his tenebris ad lumē ⁊ vitā eternā mereamur ꝑuenire. Nec ē vana religio ſolēni ꝓceſſiōead hꝰ ignis bn̄dictionē exire. in quo meminiſſedebemꝰ exeundū nobiſ eē ad illuꝫ quē iudei exͣcaſtra eiecerūt. Exeamꝰ inꝗt apl̓s ad eū exͣ caſtraimproperiū eiꝰ portātes ⁊ bn̄dicimꝰ illū cū cruce⁊ aqua: ut nos in paſſione eiꝰ ꝑ quē ſpm̄ ſcm̄ accipimꝰ lotos eſſe ſignificemꝰ. ¶ Rurſus extinctiseccl̓ie luminaribꝰ ⁊ igne de petra cū calibe excuſſo ignis aqua aſꝑgit̉ benedicta: qꝛ extīctꝭ apoſtolis qui lumē mūdi a xp̄o dicti ſunt. de xp̄o petraexcuſſus ē ignis charitatis cū calibe lācee vulnerantis dū ſanguis ⁊ aqua de eiꝰ corꝑe ſacro emanauerūt a quibꝰ habēt efficatiam ſacr̄a: quibusmediantibꝰ in amore dn̄i inflāmamur aqͣ gr̄e ꝑfuſi. ¶ Et attēde ꝙ ſicut in his ſingulis diebꝰ .ſ. cena dn̄i. paſceue. ⁊ ſabbato ſancto ignis extinguit̉ſicut volūt quidā: ut etiā ex eis nouꝰ ignis ī memoriā paſſionis: ut p̄diximꝰ accēdat̉. Subſequēter bn̄dicit̉ cereꝰ ex inſtitutione cōcimi ⁊ theodori primi pape. ſed btūs Ambroſiꝰ bn̄dictionē dictauit qͣꝫqͣꝫ Augꝰ ⁊ petrus dyaconꝰ caſſinen̄. monochus alias benedictiōes dictauerūt q̄ ī vſu nōſūt. Bn̄dicit̉ aūt iō: qm̄ ex ſimplici ſua naͣ abſqꝫbn̄dictione nō pōt traſire ad ſignificationē miſterij colūne ignis. de qͣ iā dicet̉. Bn̄dicit̉ etiā ꝓpt̓gloriā reſurrectionis eiꝰ quē ⁊ pr̄ benedixit: ⁊ qꝛꝑ ipſuꝫ ip̄e chriſtus viſibilit̓ ad memoriā reducitur. Bn̄dicit̉ quidē etiā preſente ep̄o vl̓ ſacerdote a dyacono ꝗ ē minoris ordīs: qꝛ xp̄s reſurgēsa mortuis primū marie magdalene ſe maīfeſtāsvoluit per debiliorē ſexū gloriā ſue reſurrectiōiſapl̓is nūciari: ut ſicut nr̄e mortis inſtiū ꝑ mulierēīmundū ītrauerat: ita ⁊ reꝑatiōis initiū ꝑ mulierem mūdo nūciaret̉. Adhuc dyaconꝰ benedicēscereū ſignificat euāgelij p̄dicatorē qui chriſtū ꝓnob̓ poſſionis violētia corꝑalit̓ extinctū dꝫ laudū benedictionibꝰ p̄dicādo reſurrectiōis luīnoſagr̄a reddere illuſtratū: ꝗ dalmatica induit̉: qm̄ d̓bet eē celeſti cōuerſatiōe adornatꝰ quā dalmatica ipſe deſignat. ¶ Porro cereꝰ ſuꝑ colūnā illūinatꝰ ſignificat pͥmo colūnā ignis q̄ p̄cedebat ī nocte ppl̓m iſrael: extinctus ꝟo ſignificat colūnā nubis q̄ precedebat in die pͥma ꝗdē de nocte illuminās: ⁊ ſecūda in die refrigerās in qͣ ſpūs ſcūs ſignificabat̉. Tenuit quidē in nobis colōna nubisfigurā hūanitatis: ⁊ colūna ignis figurā dīnitatis