De purificatione btē marie virgīs

relinqͣre hmōi ꝯſuetudines paganoruꝫideoqꝫ ſergius papa hāc ꝯſuetudineꝫ inmeliꝰ ꝯmutauit. vt ſcꝫ chriſtiani ad honoreꝫ ſcē mr̄is dn̄i omni āno in hac dietotū mūdū cū accēſis cādelis ⁊ bn̄dictꝭ.cereis illuſtraret. vt ſolēnitas qͥdē ſtae̓tſed alia intēͣtiōe fieret ¶ Scd̓o propteron̄dendā ꝟginis puritatē Aliqͥ enī audientes ꝟginē purificatā poſſent credereip̄am purificatione indiguiſſe Ut ergoon̄dat̉ ꝙ tota fuit puriſſima ⁊ ſplendidaideo ordinauit ecc̄ia vt luminoſos cereos baiulemꝰ ac ſi ip̄o facto dicat eccleſiaUirgo btā purificatione nō indiges ſꝫtota rutilas. tota ſplēdes Uere enī purificatiōe non indigebat. que ⁊ nō ſuſcepto ſemine ꝯceꝑat. ⁊ in mr̄is vtero ꝑfectiſſime mūdata ⁊ ſanctificata erat Adeoāt fuit in mr̄is vtero ⁊ in aduētu ſpūſſcīſcīficata ⁊ mundata. ꝙ nō ſoluꝫ aliqͦd inclinamētum ad pcc̄m in ea penitꝰ nō remanſit ſꝫ etiā ꝟtus ſcītatis eiꝰ vſqꝫ ad alios extendebat̉. ⁊ trāſfundebat̉. ita ꝙ īalijs omnes motꝰ carnalis cōcupiſcētieextinguebat Unde dicūt iudei ꝙ cū maria puſcerrima fuerit a nullo tn̄ vnqͣꝫ potuit ꝯcupiſci. et ratio ē quia ꝟtus ſue caſtitatis cūctos aſpicientes penetrabat. ⁊oēm in eis ꝯcupiſcentiā repellebat Un̄ꝯparatur cedro. qꝛ ſicut cedrus ſerpētesodore ſuo interficit ita eius ſcīficatio inalijs radiabat ⁊ omnes motus in carneſerpētinos occidebat Cōꝑatur ec̄ myrrhe. quia ſic̄ myrrha int̓ficit vermes. ſiccius ſcītas ꝯcupiſcentias carnales. Ethāc prerogatiuā habuit p̄ ceteris ſcīficatis in vtero ⁊ ꝟginibꝰ. quia eorū ſcītaset caſtitas in alios nō traſfundebat̉. neccarnales motꝰ in alijs extinguebat Uirtus āt caſtitatis ꝟginis etiā impudicoꝝcorda medullitus penetrabat. et ea quoad ip̄am ꝓtinus caſta reddebat ¶ Tertio propter repreſentandā hodiernā ꝓceſſionē Nā maria ⁊ ioſeph ⁊ ſimeon etanna hodie honorabilem ꝓceſſionē fece

rūt ⁊ puerū ieſuꝫ ī tēpluꝫ p̄ſentaueruntSic ⁊ nos ꝓceſſionē facimꝰ. ⁊ cereū accenſuꝫ. ꝑ quē ſignificatur ieſus ī manibꝰbaiulamꝰ. ⁊ vſqꝫ ī ecc̄ias deerimꝰ. Triaeniꝫ ſunt in cereo ſcilꝫ cera lychnus ⁊ ilgnis. ⁊ ꝑ hͦ tria ſignificantur tria que fuerunt in chriſto. Nā cera ſignificat carnem chr̄i. que data ē de maria ꝟgine ſinecorruptōe carnis. ſicut apes cerā gignūtſine alterutrū ꝯmixtione. Lychnus ī cera latens ſignificat animā cādidiſſimā incarne latc̄tē. Ignis ꝟo ſiue lumen ſignificat diuītatē qꝛ deꝰ noſter ignis ꝯſumēsē. vnde quidā ſic ait Hāc in honore piecādelā porto marie. Accipe ꝑ cerā carinem de ꝟgine verā. Per lumē numenmaieſtatiſqꝫ cacumē Lychnus ⁊ ē animaſub carne latēs p̄opima. ¶ Quarto ꝓpt̓īſtructiōeꝫ noſtrā In hoc eī inſtruimurꝙ ſi volumꝰ eſſe ante deū purificati ⁊ mūdi. tria in nobis hr̄e debemꝰ ſcꝫ fidē verā. actiōeꝫ bonā intētiōeꝫ rectā. Nā cātdela in manu accenſa eſt fides cū oꝑatione bona et ſicut cādela ſine lumine dicit̉eſſe mortua ⁊ lumē ꝑ ſe ſine candela nōlucet ſꝫ mortuū eſſe videt̉. ſic et oꝑatio ſine fide ⁊ fides ſine bono oꝑe mortua eēdicitur Lychnꝰ āt intꝰ in cera occultatꝰeſt intētio recta. vnde gregꝭ. ſic ſit opꝰ inpublico vt tn̄ intentio maneat ī occl̓to.E ¶ Quedā mr̄ona nobilis in beatāꝟgine maximā deuotionē habebat Hecqͣndā capellā iuxta domū ſuā ꝯſtruxēat⁊ propͥuꝫ capellanū hn̄s omni die miſſāde btā virgine audire volebat Appropīqͣnte āt feſto purificatōis bte̓ ꝟginis. ſacerdos ob qd̓dā ſuū negotiū lōgius ſeceſſit. ⁊ dn̄a die illo miſſaꝫ hr̄e nō potuitvel vt alibi legit̉ oīa q̄ hr̄e poterat. etiāveſtimenta ꝓ amore ꝟ̓ginis dabat Un̄cū chlamydē dediſſꝫ. ⁊ ad eccleſiā ire nōpoſſet. ſine miſſa illā ea die manere oportebat. De qͦ cuꝫ plurimuꝫ dolēt eccleſiāpropriā ſeu camerā intrauit ⁊ āte altarebtē ꝟgīs ſe ꝓſtrauit Tūc ſb̓ito ī exceſſu

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