

#The Liber Angeli


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The Liber Angeli
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Witley StokesElectronic edition compiled by Roman Bleier

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**Primary Manuscript**2. Dublin, Trinity College MS 52, Book of Armagh, fo. 20 va–fo. 22
 ra (Stokes's numbering: 20 b 1 - 22 a 1). The manuscript was written c. 807 in 
 small Irish minuscule and probably three scribes were involved copying it. The
 Liber Angeli was copied by Ferdomnach, a master scribe of Armagh. 
 The text is within a section called the Patriciana, containing texts related to St Patrick.
**Selected editions and translations**2. Whitley Stokes (ed.), The Tripartite Life of Patrick, with other
 documents relating to that Saint with translations and indexes, Rolls Ser.
 8vo, Part I. cxcix + 267 [8] pp. facs. Part II. 269–676 (London
 1887).
3. John Gwynn (ed.), Liber Ardmachanus = The Book of Armagh (Dublin
 1913).
4. Edward Gwynn (ed.), Book of Armagh,the Patrician Documents, in
 Facsimiles in Collotype of Irish Manuscripts, 3 (Dublin 1937).
5. Kathleen Hughes (ed.), The Church in early Irish society (London
 1966) pp 275-81.
6. Ludwig Bieler and Fergus Kelly (edd. and trans.), The Patrician
 texts in the Book of Armagh, edited with introduction, translation and
 commentary (Dublin 1979) pp 184-91.
7. David Howlett, The structure of the Liber Angeli, Peritia, 12 (1998)
 254-70.
8. Franz Fischer and Anthony Harvey (edd.), Saint Patrick’s Confessio
 HyperText Stack (Dublin 2011) (http://www.confessio.ie/) (accessed:
 20.10.2015) [facsimile images of the Patrician section of the Book of
 Armagh].
**Additional Reading**2. Charles Graves, On the date of the MS called the Book of Armagh,
 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 3 (1844) 316–24.
3. Edmund Hogan, "Patrician Documents", Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 8,
 3rd ser. (1887) 229–42.
4. Whitley Stokes and John Strachan (eds.), Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus:
 a collection of Old Irish glosses, scholia, prose and verse, volume 2
 (Cambridge 1903) 238–243.
5. J. B. Bury, Sources of the Early Patrician Documents, English
 Historical Review (1904) 493–503.
6. Elias Avery Lowe (ed.), Codices Latini Antiquiores: a
 palaeographical guide to Latin manuscripts prior to the ninth century II
 (Oxford 1934).
7. Paul S. Grosjean, Analyse du Livre d'Armagh, Analecta Bollandiana 63
 (1944) 33–41.
8. Thomas F. O'Rahilly, Review: The Life and Legend of St Patrick:
 Problems of Modern Scholarship by Ludwig Bieler, Irish Historical Studies,
 8, 31 (1953) 268-79.
9. Kathleen Mulchrone, Ferdomnach and the Armagh Notulae, Ériu
 18 (1958) 160–3.
10. Daniel A. Binchy, Patrick and his biographers: ancient and modern,
 Studia Hibernica 2 (1962) 7–173.
11. Ludwig Bieler, The Book of Armagh, in Liam de Paor (ed) Great books
 of Ireland (Dublin 1967) 51–63.
12. Francis John Byrne, Review The Church in Early Irish Society by
 Kathleen Hughes, Irish Historical Studies, 17, 65 (1970) 121–3.
13. James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland:
 ecclesiastical; an introduction and guide (New York 1979).
14. Joseph F. Kelly, Review of The Patrician Texts in the Book of
 Armagh by Ludwig Bieler, Speculum, 56, 3 (1981) 585–7.
15. Richard Sharpe, Palaeographical considerations in the study of the
 Patrician documents in the Book of Armagh, Scriptorium: International Review
 of Manuscript Studies, 36 (1982) 3–28.
16. Richard Sharpe, The Patrician Documents, Peritia 1 (1982)
 363–9.
17. Richard Sharpe, Some problems concerning the organization of the
 Church in early medieval Ireland, Peritia, 3 (1984) 230–70.
18. Michael Lapidge and Richard Sharpe, A bibliography of Celtic-Latin
 literature 400-1200 (Dublin 1985).
19. Jane Stevenson, Literacy in Ireland, the evidence of the Patrick
 dossier in the Book of Armagh, in: The Uses of Literacy in Early Mediaeval
 Europe, Rosamond McKitterick (ed) (Cambridge 1990) 11–35.
20. David N. Dumville, The afterlife of Liber Angeli, in: Saint Patrick
 A.D. 493–1993 (Woodbridge, Suffolk 1993) 253.
21. Liam De Paor, Saint Patrick's world: the Christian culture of
 Ireland's apostolic age (Blackrock and Dublin 1993)
22. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Early Medieval
 Ireland, 400-1200 (London and New York 1995) 158.
23. Joseph Falaky Nagy, Conversing with angels and ancients, literary
 myths of medieval Ireland (Ithaca, NY 1997).
24. T.M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland (Cambridge 2000)
 421–8.
25. Michael Richter, Ireland im Mittelaler, Kultur und Geschichte
 (Münster, Hamburg und London 2003; 1st ed. 1983) 101–7.
26. Clare Stancliffe, Religion and society in Ireland, in: The new
 Cambridge medieval history I, c. 500–c.700, Paul Fouracre (ed)
 (Cambridge 2005) 397–425.
27. Thomas O'Louglin, Discovering Saint Patrick (London 2005)
 112–6.
28. Thomas O'Loughlin, Armagh, in: Celtic culture, a historical
 encyclopedia, 1, John T. Koch (ed) (Santa Barbara 2006) 80.
29. Elva Johnston, Literacy and Identity in Early Medieval Ireland,
 Woodbridge 2013.
30. Edel Bhreathnach, Ireland in the medieval world, AD 400-1000:
 landscape, kingship and religion (Dublin 2014) 192–212.
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. The Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick, with other
 documents relating to that Saint, edited with translations and
 indexes (Vol. II). Whitley Stokes (ed), First edition [cxcix + 267 [8] pp. facs.] Her Majesty's Stationery OfficeLondon (1887)

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### The Liber Angeli: Author: Unknown


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* **A**: Book of Armagh (for details see above under 'Primary
 Manuscripts').




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p.352


{MS folio 20 b 1}Quo*n*dam itaque
 sanctus Patricius de Alti *Mache* urbe ad
 multitudines utriusque sexus humani generis babtizandas, docendas
 atque sanandas iuxta fontem in orientali praedictae urbis parte
 prope herentem pie perrexit.


Et ibi ante lucem multas undique ad noti*tiam fidei* confluentes
 expectauit. Subito ergo eum sopor prostrauit, eo quod prius pro
 Christo uigiliis nocturnis fessus fuisset.


 Et ecce tam cito uenit anguelus ad eum de caelo, et
 excitauit eum leniter de sompno. Et dixit sanctus Patricius: ‘Ego
 adsum. Numquid inique gessi nuper in conspectu Altissimi? Si
 accidit, ueniam peto a Deo.’


Respondit anguelus: Non. Sed missit me summus Omnipotens
 ad te .i. ad animi tui consulationem post conuersionem Hibernensium
 per te ad sé in fidem: qnos ei adquaessisti per durissimum laborem
 et per tuam ualde praedicationem, gratia Spiritus Sancti lucidissimam, uniuersis gentibus fructuossam, cum esses
 semper laboriossus multis temporibus, in multis periculis a
 gentilibus, per frigus et aestatem, essuriens et sitiens,
 {MS folio 20 b 2} deambulans impiger quotidie de
 gente in gentem ad utilitatem multarum gentium. Scit ergo Dominus Deus tuum praesentem locum, quem praesto uidemus
 in alto positum cum parua celula, *angustum*,
 ab aliquibus quoque regionis habitatoribus *coartatum*,
 et suburbana eius non sufficiunt cunctis ad refugium.
 Idcirco constituitur terminus a Domino uastissimus urbi Alti *Machae*, quam dilexisti prae omnibus Hibernensium telluribus, id est, a pinna montis Berbicis usque ad
 montem *Mis*, a monte *Miss* usque ad
 *Bri Erigi*, a *Bri Erigi* usque ad
 Dorsos *Breg* certe, si uolueris, erit huius
 magnitudinis. Ac deinde donauit tibi Dominus Deus uniuersas Scotorum
 gentes in modum paruchiae, et huic urbi tuae quae cognominatur Scotorum lingua *Ardd Machae*.




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p.353


Dixit sanctus Patricius, prostrata facie deorsum in
 conspectu angueli: ‘Gratias ago Deo meo, Domino sempiterno, qui
 dignatus est tantam gloriam donare clementer famulo suo.’


Item sanctus dixit: ‘Quosdam tamen electos, sancte
 Domine mi, per Spiritum Sanctum, praeuideo in hac insola, per
 ineffabilem tuae clementiae pietatem et per praedicationis tuae
 laborem, orituros mihi caros quasi proprios corporis mei editos,
 tibi quoque amicos deuote seruituros, qui *hautem* uidentur
 aliquid sibi proprie diocessis ad utilitatem
 necessariac famulationis aeclessiis seu monosteriis suis post
 me. Idcirco perfecte et iuste debeo a Deo habundantiae
 donationem mihi certe deditam dimittere commoniter {MS folio 21 a 1}
 perfectis Hiberniae relegiossis ut et ego et ipsi diuitiis 
 bonitatis Dei pacifice perfruemur haec uniuersa mihi
 concessa caussa diuinae caritatis.’


Item ait: ‘Nonne ergo mihi sufficit quicquid deuote
 uouerint ac uoluerint Christiani homines offerre de regionibus
 atque oblationibus suis per arbitrium suae libertatis?’


 Item: ‘Nonne utique contentus sum esse apostolicus
 doctor et dux principalis omnibus Hiberionacum gentibus,
 praesertim cum peculiare censum retineo recte reddendum et a
 summo mihi etiam illud est donatum uere decenter debitum super
 liberas prouinciarum huius insolae aeclessias.[2](javascript:footNote('L201080/note002.html'))
 Et uniuersis cynubitarum[3](javascript:footNote('L201080/note003.html')) similiter monasteriis sine ulla dubitatione ius decretum erit rectori *Airdd Machae*[4](javascript:footNote('L201080/note004.html')) in perpetuum.’


Receptio archiepiscopi, heredis cathedrae meae urbis,
 cum comitibus suis numero quinquaginta, exceptis perigrinis et
 infirmis doloribus uariis atque inprobis et caeteris, sit digna
 refectio aptaque unicuique eodem numero tam digne in die quam certe
 similiter in nocte.




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p.354


In ista uero urbe Alti-Machae homines Christi*ani utriusque
 sexus* relegiossi ab initio fidei huc usque pene *inseparabiliter*
 commorari uidentur, cui uero praedictae tres ordines adherent
 uirgines et poenitentes in matrimonio *legitimo* aeclessiae
 seruientes.[5](javascript:footNote('L201080/note005.html'))


Et his tribus ordinibus audire uerbum praedicationis in
 aeclessia aquilonalis plagae conceditur semper diebus dominicis.


In australi uero bassilica aepiscopi et presbiteri{MS folio 21 a 2} et anchoritae aeclessiae et
 caeteri relegiossi laudes sapidas offerunt.


 De speciali reuerantia *Airdd Machae* et
 honore praesulis eiusdem urbis dicamus.


Ista quippe ciuitas summa et libera a Deo est constituta, et ab anguelo Dei et ab apostolico uiro sancto Patricio
 episcopo specialiter dedicata.


*Praeest* ergo quodam 
 priuilegioGwynn: praeuilegio

 omnibus aecles*siis ac
 monasteriis* cunctorum Hibernensium uel superna auctoritate summi
 pontificis illius fundatoris. Nihilominus[6](javascript:footNote('L201080/note006.html')) uenerari debet honore summorum martyrum
 Petri et Pauli, Stefani, Laurendi et caeterorum. Quanto magis
 quoque ualde ueneranda atque dilegenter ab omnibus honoranda!Gwynn: ~~ueneranda~~ honoranda




Pro sancta ammiratione nobis beneficii prae omnibus
 in[en]errabilis[7](javascript:footNote('L201080/note007.html')) quod in ea secreta constitutione exstat sacratissimus sanguis Iesu Christi, Redemptoris humani
 generis, in sacro lintiamine simul cum sanctorum reliquiis in
 aeclessia australi ubi requiescunt corpora sanctorum perigrinorum de
 longue cum Patricio transmarinorum caeterorumque iustorum.


Idcirco non licet causa praedictae auctoritatis eiusGwynn: contra


 illam mittere consortem ab ulla aeclessia Scotorum, neque ab ullo
 praesule uel abbate, contra heredem illius, sed a se recte supra
 iuratur supra omnes aeclessias et illarum antestites, si uera
 necessitas poposcerit.




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p.355


Item: omnis aeclessia libera et ciuitas ab aepiscopali
 gradu uidetur esse fundata in tota Scotorum insola, et omnis ubique
 locus qui Dominicus[8](javascript:footNote('L201080/note008.html')) appellatur,
 iuxta clementiam Almipotentis Domini, sancto doctori, et iuxta uerbum angueli, in speciali societate Patricii pontificis
 atque heredis {MS folio 21 b 1} cathedrae eius
 *Aird Machae* esse debuerat, quia donauit illi Deus totam insolam, ut supra diximus.


 Item: scire debemus Omnis monachus uniuscumque
 aeclessiae, si ad Patricium reuerterit, non denegat proprium monachi
 uotum maxime, si ex consensu abbatis sui prioris deuouerit.


 Itaque non uituperandus neque excommonicandus quicumque
 ad aeclessiam eius perrexerit caussa amoris illius, quia ipse
 iudicabit omnes Hibernenses in die magno terribilis iudicii in
 praesentia Christi.


 Item: de honore praesulis *Airdd Machae*
 episcopi praesedentis cathedram pastoris perfecti.


 Si ipse praedictus pontifex ad uesperum peruenerit loco
 quo receptus fuerit, praebeatur ei uniali uice reffectionis dignae
 consulatio praedictorum hospitum numero centum cum pabulis suis
 illorum iumentis, praeter hospites et infirmos et eos qui iectant
 infantes super aeclessiam et caeteros seu reprobos et alios.


 Item: qui non reciperit praedictum praesulem in
 hospitium eundem, et reclusserit suam habitationem contra illum,
 septem ancellas[9](javascript:footNote('L201080/note009.html')) siue septem annos
 poenitentiae similiter reddere cogatur.


 Item: quicumque contempserit aut uiolauerit insignia
 consecrata eiusdem agii,[10](javascript:footNote('L201080/note010.html')) id est,
 Patricii, duplicia soluet.


 Si uero de contemptu aliorum insignium reddita fuerit,
 duas ancellas - de consecratis summi praedicti doctoris Patricii
 reddentur.




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p.356


{MS folio 21 b 2}Item: quicumque
 similiter per industriam atque iniuriam uel nequitiam malum quodque
 opus contra familiam seu paruchiam eius perficerit, aut praedicta eius insignia dispexerit, ad libertatem examinis eiusdem
 *Airdd Machae* praesulis recte iudicantis perueniet caussa totius negotionis, caeteris aliorum iudicibus
 praetermissis.


Item: quaecumque causa ualde difficilis exorta fuerit
 atque ignota cunctis Scotorum gentium iudicibus ad cathedram
 archiepiscopi Hibernensium, id est, Patricii, atque huius antestitis
 examinationem recte refferenda. Si uero in illa cum suis sapientibus
 facile sanari non poterit talis caussa praedictae negotionis, ad sedem apostolicam decreuimus esse mittendam, id est, 
 ad Petri apostoli cathedram auctoritatem Romae urbis habentem.


Hii sunt qui de hoc decreuerunt, id est, Auxilius,
 Patricius, Secundinus, Benignus.


Post uero exitum Patricii sancti alumpni sui ualde
 eiusdem libros conscripserunt.


Fundamentum orationis in unaquaque die dominica in Alto
 *Machae* ad Sargifagum Martyrum[11](javascript:footNote('L201080/note011.html')) adeundum ab eoque
 reuertendum, id est ‘Domine clamaui ad te,’ usque in finem.
 ‘Ut quid Deus repulisti’ in finem, et ‘Beati inmaculati’ usque in finem bene dictionis, et 
 duodecimGwynn: xu

 ψalmi graduum. Finit.


Inter sanctum Patricium Hibernensium Brigitamque
 columpnas amicitia caritatis inerat tanta, ut unum cor
 consiliumque{MS folio 22 a 1} haberent unum.
 Christus per illum illamque uirtutes multas peregit.


Vir ergo sanctus Christianae virgini ait: ‘O mea
 Brigita, paruchia tua in prouincia tua apud reputabitur
 monarchiam tuam: in parte autem orientali et occidentali
 dominatu in mea erit.’










