North Italian Services of the Eleventh Century

The MS collection which it must be admitted is poorly titled in English for the Bradshaw edition dates from 11th-12th century and is evidently from an episcopal city of some size in Northern Italy [Brescia?] but the exact location is elusive. Legible are ff. 5-62 which contain ordines for the baptism of children in danger of death for the scrutinies [very extensive rites] and the blessing of the fonts ad paenitentiam dando of the sick the blessing of sackcloth and ashes and the blessing or exorcism of water and salt. The edition has a full introduction and indexes.