| fol. 2rIste libellus pertinet ad monasterium sanctum in
omnes adducit, is denique inperfectum virum perduc-
tus, eidem debitas rationes gratis absolvit.
In quo denique opere quisquis intenta men-
te lector nititur pergere, sine dubio reppe-
riet, quo pacto caveat vitia, quomodo defleat
peccata commissa, qualiterque per lamenta poe-
nitentiae reparatus ad fructum sanctae opera-
tionis accedat, ut non cum mundi concu-
piscentiis pereat, sed aeternis praemiis remunera-
tus vivat cum Christo Domino, qui cum Patre
et Spiritu sancto equalis vivit et regnat in saecula saeculorum.
Amen. Incipit prefacio soli
loquiorum sancti Isidori episcopi.
VENIT NUPER AD MANUS MEAS
quaedam schedula ciceronis, quam Synony-
ma dicunt, cuius formula persuasit animo
quoddam lamentum mihi vel miseris condere,
imitatus profecto non eius eloquium sed meum volum.
TranslationThis little book belongs to the holy monastery of
all, and it finally leads the imperfect man
having been brought there, and it absolves him of the rightful charges freely.
In this work, every reader who, with an attentive mind,
endeavors to proceed, will undoubtedly find,
how to avoid vices, how to weep abundantly
for committed sins, and how, through the laments
of repentance, being restored, may approach the fruit of holy action,
so that he may not perish with the desires
of the world but, rewarded with eternal rewards,
may live with Christ the Lord, who, with the Father
and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns equally onto the ages of ages.
Amen. The preface of the solitary
words of Saint Isidore the Bishop begins:
Recently, has come into my hands,
a certain document of Cicero, which they call the Synonyma.
Its form persuaded my soul
to compose a certain lamentation, even miserable,
imitating indeed not his eloquence but my own desire. | fol. 2rIste libellus pertinet ad monasterium sanctum in
omnes adducit, is denique inperfectum virum perduc-
tus, eidem debitas rationes gratis absolvit.
In quo denique opere quisquis intenta men-
te lector nititur pergere, sine dubio reppe-
riet, quo pacto caveat vitia, quomodo defleat
peccata commissa, qualiterque per lamenta poe-
nitentiae reparatus ad fructum sanctae opera-
tionis accedat, ut non cum mundi concu-
piscentiis pereat, sed aeternis praemiis remunera-
tus vivat cum Christo Domino, qui cum Patre
et Spiritu sancto equalis vivit et regnat in saecula saeculorum.
Amen. Incipit prefacio soli
loquiorum sancti Isidori episcopi.
VENIT NUPER AD MANUS MEAS
quaedam schedula ciceronis, quam Synony-
ma dicunt, cuius formula persuasit animo
quoddam lamentum mihi vel miseris condere,
imitatus profecto non eius eloquium sed meum volum.
Translation |