PL 7 · cols. 283–286

Incerti auctoris Carmen de passione Domini

Editors' preface

Quisquis ades, mediique subis in limina templi, / Siste parum, insontemque tuo pro crimine passum / Respice me; me conde animo, me in pectore serva. / Ille ego, qui casus hominum miseratus acerbos. / Huc veni pacis promissae interpres, et ampla / Communis culpae venia: hic clarissima ab alto / Reddita lux terris, hic alma salutis imago; / Hic tibi sum requies, via recta, redemptio vera, / Vexillumque Dei, signum et memorabile fati. / Te propter vitamque tuam sum Virginis alvum

Whoever you are who are here and pass up to the threshold of the middle of the temple, stop a little, and look upon Me, the innocent One Who suffered for your crime; lay Me up in your mind, keep Me in your breast. I am He Who, pitying the bitter misfortunes of men, came hither as the interpreter of the promised peace and with ample pardon for the common guilt: here the brightest light from on high is restored to the earth, here is the kindly image of salvation; here I am for you rest, the right way, true redemption, and the standard of God, the sign and memorial of destiny. For your sake and for your life I have the Virgin's womb

Editors' notes and page, col. 283

Footnotes

(Vers. 136) ‹anchor: Et puro cornu› · col 283 Vers. 136. Et puro cornu, etc. Rostrum cornu quidem esse dicit, sed ita lucidum, ut gemma esse videatur.

Verse 136. "And with clear horn," etc. He says the beak is of horn, but so bright that it seems to be a gem.

(Vers. 137) ‹anchor: Ingentes oculos credas› · col 283 Vers. 137. Ingentes oculos credas, etc. Sic lege ex ms. Vossiano.

Verse 137. "You would think its eyes huge," etc. Read thus from the Vossius manuscript.

(Vers. 139) ‹anchor: Corona Phoebei verticis› · col 283 Vers 139. Corona Phoebei verticis. Id est, radii Solares.

Verse 139. "The crown of Phoebus's head." That is, the rays of the Sun.

(Vers. 142) ‹anchor: Roseus› · col 283 Vers. 142. Roseus. Ms. Sangerm., Rosco.

Verse 142. "Rosy." The Saint-Germain manuscript has "Rosco."

(Vers. 144) ‹anchor: Phasidis avem› · col 283 Vers. 144. Phasidis avem. Id est, Phasianam, a Phaside fluvio Colchidis nominatam, ad nos per Argonautas advectam. Martialis Epigram. lib. xiii, 72.

Verse 144. "The bird of the Phasis." That is, the pheasant, named from the Phasis, a river of Colchis, and brought to us by the Argonauts. Martial, Epigrams, book 13, 72.

(Vers. 145) ‹anchor: Magniciem› · col 283 Vers. 145. Magniciem. Quae sit haec avis ignoratur, vel forte pro magnitudinem.

Verse 145. "Magniciem." What bird this is is not known; or perhaps it stands for "magnitudinem" (size). [The lemma word is blurred in the scan; reading uncertain.]

(Vers. 151) ‹anchor: Huc venit› · col 283 Vers. 151. Huc venit. Ita Sangerm. ms.; editi vero, convenit.

Verse 151. "Comes hither." So the Saint-Germain manuscript; the printed editions, however, have "convenit" (comes together).

(Vers. 153) ‹anchor: Exsculpunt› · col 283 Vers. 153. Exsculpunt. Sic ms. Sangerm. et alii; editi vero legunt, Insculpunt.

Verse 153. "Carve out." So the Saint-Germain manuscript and others; the printed editions, however, read "Insculpunt" (carve in).

(Vers. 155) ‹anchor: Genus omne volantum› · col 283 Vers. 155. Genus omne volantum. Qua de re vide Claudianum, vers. 76, etc.

Verse 155. "The whole race of flying things." On this see Claudian, verse 76, etc.

(Vers. 157) ‹anchor: Alituum› · col 283 Vers. 157. Alituum. Pro alitum; sic Virgil. Aeneid. 8: Alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat.

Verse 157. "Alituum" (of birds), for "alitum"; so Virgil, Aeneid 8: "Deep sleep held the race of birds and of beasts."

(Vers. 158) ‹anchor: Munere laeta pio› · col 283 Vers. 158. Munere laeta pio. Id est, pietatis et reverentiae officio erga tantae dignitatis avem. Munere, Heinsius emendat male, murmure.

Verse 158. "Glad in a dutiful office." That is, in the duty of devotion and reverence towards a bird of such great dignity. For "munere" Heinsius wrongly emends "murmure" (murmur).

(fragment) ‹anchor: not visible› · col 284

(continued) [Gal-]laeo memorato; in editis legitur, Mox redit illa; suis conditur inde locis, nec male.

(Vers. 161) ‹anchor: At fortunatae sortis filique volucrem› · col 284 Vers. 161. At fortunatae sortis filique volucrem. Haec est emendatio Heinsii, referentis filum ad Parcas, Quae dispensant mortalia fila sorores: verum ms. Sangerman. legit. At fortunatae sortis, felixque volucrum. Gallaeus putat legendum esse: O fortunatae sortis, fatique volucrem; editi habent Haec fortunatae sortis, fatique volucris.

Verse 161. "But the bird of fortunate lot and thread." This is Heinsius's emendation, referring the thread to the Fates, "the sisters who dispense the threads of mortals"; but the Saint-Germain manuscript reads, "But of fortunate lot, and happy among birds." Gallaeus thinks it should be read: "O bird of fortunate lot and fate"; the printed editions have, "This bird of fortunate lot and fate."

(Vers. 163) ‹anchor: Foemina sit, vel mas› · col 284 Vers. 163. Foemina sit, vel mas, seu neutrum, seu sit utrumque. Ita emendavimus ex ms. Sangerman. et editione Heumanni. Vulgati habent: Foemina vel mas haec, vel neutrum sit mage felix.

Verse 163. "Whether it be female, or male, or neither, or both." So we have corrected it from the Saint-Germain manuscript and Heumann's edition. The common editions have: "Female or male this, or neither, let it be the happier."

(Vers. 169) ‹anchor: Quae est ipsa› · col 284 Vers. 169. Quae est ipsa. Ita ms. Sangerm. Editi habent, quia et ipsa.

Verse 169. "Which is itself." So the Saint-Germain manuscript. The printed editions have "because it too."

(printed under page 141)

Editors' prose

INCERTI AUCTORIS CARMEN DE PASSIONE DOMINI.

A Poem by an Unknown Author

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running head: 283 DE PASSIO (cut off at the image edge)
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other: Vers. 142: the Saint-Germain reading looks like "Rosco" in the scan, read as Roseo, uncertain; Vers. 153: "Insculpunt" is blurred; Vers. 144: a stray "(" at the right edge is cut off
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Ingressus, sum factus homo, atque horrentia passus / Funera; nec requiem terrarum in finibus usquam / Inveni, sed ubique minas, sed ubique labores.

Having entered, I was made man and endured dreadful deaths; nor did I find rest anywhere within the bounds of the earth, but everywhere threats, everywhere toils.

Horrida prima mihi in terris mapalia Judae / Hospitia in partu, sociaeque fuere parenti. / Hic mihi fusa dedit bruta inter inertia primum / Arida in angustis praesepibus herba cubile.

The rough huts of Judah were My first lodging on earth at My birth, and that of the mother who shared it with Me. Here, among the dull brute beasts, dry grass strewn in a narrow manger first gave Me a bed.

In Phariis primos vixi regionibus annos, / Herodis regno profugus; reliquosque reversus / Judaeam, semper jejunia, semper et ipsam

In the Pharian regions I lived My first years, a fugitive from the kingdom of Herod; and the remaining [years], having returned to Judaea, always fasts, always even the very

Editors' notes and page, col. 284

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running head: DE PASSIONE DOMINI. 284 (column number blurred, read as 284)
marginal letters: A ‹Et signant titulo remque›; B ‹Nutrix ipsa sui›; C ‹verum ms. Sangerman. legit.› (in the Variorum Notae); D ‹Ingressus, sum factus homo›
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: Verse lines are separated by " / " within each paragraph (couplets for the elegiacs, sentences for the hexameters). The printed verse numbers 155, 160, 165, 170 and 15., 20. are not set. Verses 163 and 169 run over onto a bracketed turn-line ([que., [ipsa est.), joined here. The ligature in "coetum" (155) is unsure, read as œ. "diemque" (154) has blurred type. The VARIORUM NOTAE on Vers. 160, 161, 163 and 169 are editors' commentary and are left for the later pass. The full-width title "...TI AUCTORIS CARMEN / ...ASSIONE DOMINI." (INCERTI AUCTORIS CARMEN DE PASSIONE DOMINI) stands across both columns below the notes and is cut off at the left edge, so it is not set. The second poem begins in this column mid-sentence at "Ingressus" and ends mid-sentence at "ipsam".
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Pauperiem extremam, et rerum inferiora secutus, Semper agens monitis humana salubribus almae Ingenia ad studium probitatis, aperta salubri Plurima doctrinae injungens miracula; quare 25. Impia Hierusalem rabidis exercita curis Invidiae, saevisque odiis et caeca furore, Insonti est poenis lethalibus ausa cruentam In cruce terribili mortem mihi quaerere. Quae si Latius ipse velim distinguere, sique per omnes 30. Ire juvet gemitus, mecum et sentire dolores; Collige consilia insidiasque meique nefandum Sanguinis innocui pretium, et simulata clientis Oscula, et insultus, et saevae jurgia turbae. Verbera praeterea, et promptas ad crimina linguas 35. Fige animo, et testes, et caeci infanda Pilati Judicia, ingentemque humeros et fessa prementem Terga crucem atque graves horrenda ad funera gressus. Nunc me, nunc vero desertum, extrema secutum Supplicia, et dulci procul a genitrice levatum, 40. Vertice ad usque pedes me lustra: en aspice crines Sanguine concretos, et sanguinolenta sub ipsis Colla comis, spinisque caput crudelibus haustum, Undique diva pluens vivum super ora cruorem. Compressos speculare oculos, et luce carentes, 45. Afflictasque genas, arentem suspice linguam Felle venenatam, et pallentes funere vultus. Cerne manus clavis fixas, tractosque lacertos, Atque ingens lateri vulnus: cerne inde fluorem Sanguineum, fossosque pedes, artusque cruentos. 50. Flecte genu, lignumque crucis venerabile adora

extreme poverty, and the lowlier things of life, having followed, ever urging human minds with wholesome admonitions towards the pursuit of kindly uprightness, joining very many manifest miracles to saving doctrine; wherefore 25. impious Jerusalem, driven by the raging cares of envy, and by savage hatreds and blind with fury, dared to seek for Me, the guiltless, a bloody death with deadly punishments on the terrible cross. But if I should wish to set these things out more widely, and if it pleases you to go through all My groans 30. and to feel the pains with Me, gather together the counsels and snares, and the unspeakable price of My innocent blood, and the feigned kisses of a client, and the insults, and the railings of the savage mob. Moreover the blows, and the tongues ready for accusations, 35. fix them in your mind, and the witnesses, and the unspeakable judgements of blind Pilate, and the huge cross pressing upon My shoulders and wearied back, and My heavy steps towards a dreadful death. Now, now indeed survey Me, deserted, having undergone the extreme tortures, and taken far away from My sweet mother, 40. from head to feet: behold, look at My hair clotted with blood, and My neck bloody beneath the very locks, and My head drained by cruel thorns, raining living gore everywhere over My face as a divine shower. Gaze upon My eyes pressed shut and lacking light, 45. and My stricken cheeks; look up at My parched tongue poisoned with gall, and My face pale in death. Discern My hands fixed with nails, and My arms stretched out, and the huge wound in My side: discern thence the bloody flow, and My pierced feet, and My bloodstained limbs. 50. Bend the knee, and adore the venerable wood of the cross

Flebilis; innocuo terramque cruore madentem Ore petens humili, lacrymis suffunde subortis, Et me nonnunquam devoto in corde, meosque Fer monitus. Sectare meae vestigia vitae; Ipsaque supplicia inspiciens, mortemque severam, Corporis, innumeros memorans animique dolores, Disce adversa pati et propriae invigilare saluti. Haec monimenta tibi, si quando in mente juvabit Volvere, si qua fides animo tibi ferre meorum, Debita si pietas, et gratia digna laborum Surget, erunt verae stimuli virtutis, eruntque Hostis in insidias clypei, quibus acer in omni Tutus eris, victorque feres certamine palmam. Haec monimenta tuos si labilis orbis amicos Avertent sensus, fugiente decoris ab umbra Mundani, efficient, ne spe captatus inani, Mobilis occiduis fortunae fidere rebus Auseris, aut vitae sperare fugacibus annis. Sed et nimirum sic ista caduca videntem Secura, et exutum patriae melioris amore, Orbis opes, rerumque usus, et vota piorum Moribus extollent sacris, vitaeque beatae Spe, duras inter poenas, te rore fovebunt Coelesti, pacisque boni dulcedine pascent. Purpuream donec, post ultima fata relicto Corpore, sublimes animam revocabit ad auras Gratia magna tibi. Tunc omnem exuta laborem, Angelicos tunc laeta choros aciesque beatas Sanctorum inspiciens, aeternae pacis amoena Perpetuo felix mecum regnabit in aula.

lamentable; and, seeking with humble mouth the earth wet with innocent blood, bathe it with welling tears, and at times bear Me in a devout heart, and My warnings. Follow the footsteps of My life; and, looking upon the very punishments and the severe death, recalling the countless pains of body and of soul, learn to suffer adversity and to keep watch over your own salvation. These memorials, if ever it shall please you to turn them over in your mind, if there is in your soul any faith to bear towards My [sufferings], if due devotion and fitting gratitude for My labours shall arise, will be true goads to virtue, and will be shields against the ambushes of the enemy, by which, keen, you will be safe in every contest, and as victor will carry off the palm. These memorials, if they turn your senses, friendly to the unstable world, away from the fleeting shadow of worldly beauty, will bring it about that you do not, caught by empty hope, dare to trust in the perishing affairs of shifting fortune, or to hope in the fleeting years of life. But indeed, as you thus see these perishable things, secure, and stripped by love of a better homeland of the riches of the world, the use of things, the vows of the devout will lift you up with holy ways and with the hope of a blessed life, will cherish you, amid harsh punishments, with heavenly dew, and will feed you with the sweetness of the good of peace, until, after your final fate, the body left behind, great grace shall call back your purpled soul to the lofty breezes. Then, stripped of all toil, then joyful, looking upon the angelic choirs and the blessed ranks of the saints, it will reign happy with Me for ever in the pleasant hall of eternal peace.

Editors' notes and page, col. 285

Footnotes

LECTIONES VARIANTES. (V. 22) ‹anchor: Semper agens› · col 285 V. 22. Semper agens, etc. Al. Egens.

V. 22. "Always doing," etc. Other [copies read] "Egens" (needy).

(V. 35) ‹anchor: Fige› · col 285 V. 35. Fige. Al. Finge.

V. 35. "Fix." Others, "Finge" (form).

(V. 52) ‹anchor: Suffunde› · col 285 V. 52. Suffunde. Al. Perfunde.

V. 52. "Pour beneath." Others, "Perfunde" (pour over).

(V. 53) ‹anchor: Et me nonnunquam› · col 285 V. 53. Et me nonnunquam. Al. Et me nunquam non.

V. 53. "And me sometimes." Others, "And me never not" (that is, always).

(V. 58 et 64) ‹anchor: Haec monimenta› · col 286 V. 58 et 64. Haec monimenta. Al. Haec monumenta.

V. 58 and 64. "These memorials" (spelled "monimenta"). Others, "monumenta."

(V. 72) ‹anchor: Moribus extollent sacris› · col 286 V. 72. Moribus extollent sacris. Al. Moribus expolient sacris.

V. 72. "Will exalt with holy ways." Others, "will polish with holy ways." [The variant's verb is blurred in the scan; "expolient" is the likely reading.]

(V. 77) ‹anchor: Gratia magna tibi› · col 286 V. 77. Gratia magna tibi. Al. Gratia magna Dei.

V. 77. "Great grace to you." Others, "Great grace of God."

ANNOTATIONES. [to the following poem, Venantius Fortunatus, Ad Felicem episcopum, De Pascha]

(title) ‹anchor: Venantii... ad felicem episcopum› · cols 285-286

Venantii... ad felicem episcopum. In carminibus Resurrectionis, quia aperte invenitur cujus illa essent, mutata est tota inscriptio, et ea adscripta est, quae est in illis opusculis, Venantii Honorii, etc.. quae sunt in bibliotheca Vaticana, ex quibus multa in libris impressis emendantur; multa tamen relicta sunt, quia melior visa est lectio vulgaris, quam illa codicis Vaticani. Est enim ille codex valde corruptus; tamen is est, qui eum juvare possit, qui eo cum judicio utatur. Et sane sic faciendum est eis, qui hanc curam emendandi veterum auctorum libros suscipiunt, ut saepe ex pluribus malis codicibus unicum optimum efficiant. THOMASIUS.

"Of Venantius ... to Bishop Felix." In the poems on the Resurrection, since it is plainly found whose they were, the whole title has been changed, and the one written in those little works has been set to it, "Of Venantius Honorius," etc., which are in the Vatican Library; from them many things in the printed books are corrected, yet many are left, because the common reading seemed better than that of the Vatican manuscript. For that manuscript is badly corrupt; yet it is one that can help anyone who uses it with judgement. And indeed those who take on this task of correcting the books of the ancient authors must do just this: often make a single excellent text out of several bad manuscripts. THOMASIUS.

(printed under page 142)

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running head: 285 DE PASCHA.
marginal letters: A Pauperiem extremam (in the gutter at the end of the line); B Judicia, ingentemque (in the gutter, beside the right column's line); C 50. Flecte genu; D Tempora florigero
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Editors' notes and page, col. 286

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running head: DE PASCHA.
marginal letters: A Flebilis; innocuo terramque; B Mundani, efficient; C Perpetuo felix mecum; D Mollia purpureum pingunt
old-edition numerals: (none)
other: verse numbers printed at the line heads (55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 in the first poem; 15, 20 in the second) not set; each poem's portion set as one paragraph since there are no printed paragraph breaks. 'Secura' (l. 70) is set as printed; 'Securum' would be expected. 'Auseris' and 'amoena' are hard to read in the damaged type. 'late' (Fortunatus l. 15) is uncertain; it may be 'lacte'. A full-width title is printed across both columns and cut off at the edge (…NTII HONORII / …ANI FORTUNATI, / …D FELICEM EPISCOPUM, DE PASCHA.) between the two poems: not set. The page-foot Lectiones variantes (V. 58 et 64 …) and Annotationes (… visa est lectio vulgaris …, Thomasius) are left for the later pass.
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