CONTROL DE INSEC TOS

477.9 HYSTERIA: For th e most p a r t W a la h frid uses mysterium as a synonym f o r sacramentum, see commentary p ro se p r e f a c e 475,9. For excep­ t i o n s see c c . 8 :4 8 2 .1 7 ; 2 3 :497.22; 24:503.26; 3 0 :514.17.

477.10 EVANGELISTAM: See Luke 24.53. But i n none of th e Gospels i s t h e r e an account of th e d i s c i p l e s w ith b e l i e v e r s i n an upper room

{caenaculum) p r a i s i n g God, p r a y i n g and f a s t i n g ; f o r th e only u se of

caenaculum in t h i s c o n t e x t see Act 1.13.

477.11 lEIUNIO: Nor i s t h e r e any mention i n t h e NT of t h e d i s ­ c i p l e s and t h e i r f o l l o w e r s f a s t i n g b e f o r e the coming of the Holy S p i r i t (NCBV).

477.12 ORATIONES ET FRACTIONEM PANIS CELEBRASSE: W a l a h f r i d 's f i r s t r e f e r e n c e t o t h e E u c h a r i s t . He uses a v a r i e t y of e x p r e s s i o n s to s i g n i f y th e E u c h a r i s t th ro u g h o u t De e x o r d i i s , e . g . c . 16:489.39 c o r p o r i s e t san gu in is sui sacramenta; c . 19:491.30 sa n g u in is dominici mysterium.

477.15 IPSE . . . LITORE: A p a r a p h r a s e of Act 2 1 .5 : e t p o s i t i s genibus in l i t o r e oravimus, b u t t h e c o n te x t of v e r s e 5 makes i t c e r t a i n t h a t Paul prayed n o t w ith th e E p h e sia n s, b u t w ith th e d i s c i p l e s a t Tyre. There i s no o t h e r o c c u rr e n c e of l i t u s i n th e NT which could cause co n fu ­ s i o n (NCBV). This e r r o r i s unexpected in a s c h o l a r of W a l a h f r i d 's s t a t ­ u r e . There i s no i n d i c a t i o n in K r a u s e 's a p a r a t u s t h a t i t was noted by c o p y i s t s , nor have I found any c u r r e n t r e f e r e n c e to t h e e r r o r .

477.16 IN GESTIS SANCTORUM: The numerous g e s t a and v i t a e of s a i n t s a v a i l a b l e i n th e m id -9 th c. make i t i m p o s s ib l e t o p i n p o i n t a p a r ­ t i c u l a r source of th e broad s t a t e m e n t s t h a t f o ll o w .

477.18 GYMITERIIS: See a l s o De e x o r d i i s c . 6 . This term f o r e a r l y C h r i s t i a n b u r i a l a r e a s i s s u r p r i s i n g l y r a r e i n e a r l y medieval t e x t s : see DLF, GLL and MLLM. But see Theodulf of Orleans Capitula I, v i i i i and Rhabanus Maurus Carm. 42: T i t u l i ecclesia ru m Fuldensium (MGH Poetae I I , 209). For th e e a r l y m edieval h i s t o r y of the word w ith f u l l r e f e r e n c e s see I). Bullough (1983a), esp. 187%4.

477.21-22 TEMPLA . . . ECCLESIAS: See commentary c . 2 :4 7 6 .2 0 -2 1 . 477.22 CULTIBUS: Pagan r i t u a l s . See commentary c . 2 :4 7 6 .1 1 .

CHAPTER 4

W alah frid draws on a w e a l th of e a r l i e r w r i t e r s : v e t e r e s , maiores, p r l o r e s and p a t r e s , n o t one of whom had developed the s u b j e c t in the same comprehensive f a s h i o n . His use of a l a r g e number of so u rces i s a

rem inder of the enormous growth of l i b r a r y r e s o u r c e s s i n c e the f l o u r i s h ­ ing of i n t e l l e c t u a l a c t i v i t y a t t h e Aachen p a l a c e i n t h e 790s. He

dem o n strates a marked a b i l i t y t o s y n t h e s i z e a wide range of c l a s s i c a l and p a t r i s t i c t e x t s and to p r e s e n t a coherent, and unique h i s t o r y of the

p r ed o m in an tly e a s t e r n o r i e n t a t i o n of e c c l e s i a s t i c a l a r c h i t e c t u r e . For a r e c e n t summary of th e h i s t o r y of e a s t e r n o r i e n t a t i o n f o r p r a y e r and F r a n k is h i n f l u e n c e on t h e p r a c t i c e i n th e Ordines romani see CAP I , 184 w ith f u l l r e f e r e n c e s .

477.26-27 SAPIENS . . . DEUM: A p o s s i b l e source f o r a sa p ie n s con­ cerned w ith f a c i n g e a s t d u r in g p r a y e r i s I s i d o r e ’ s Etyin. XV .iv.7.

477.26-30 QÜAMQUAM . . . EX ALTO: Cp. Am alarius: Sacerdos quando d i c i t 'Gloria in e x c e l s i s D eo’, o r i e n t e s p a r t e s s o l e t r e s p i c e r e , in

quibus i t a solemus Dominum r e q u ir e r e quasi i b i p r o p r i eitts s e d es s i t , cum