Cathedral Statutes of Bishop Hugh de Nonant

Lincolnshire Archives: D&C A/2/3

f 46v

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...Item in nocte Natalis representacio pastorum fieri consueuit et in diluculo Pasche representacio Resurreccionis dominice & representacio peregrinorum die lune in septemana pasche sicut in libris super hijs ac alijs compositis continetur

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f 48v

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...Et officium succentoris est vices cantoris absentis supplere ... & prouidere debet quod representacio pastorum in nocte Natalis domini & miraculorum in nocte Pasche & die lune in Pascha congrue et honorifice fiant...

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  • Record Translation

    f 46v

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    ...Likewise on Christmas Eve it is customary that a reenactment of the shepherds take place, and on Easter at daybreak, a reenactment of the Lord's resurrection, and a reenactment of the travellers (ie, Christ's journey to Emmaus) on the Monday in Easter week as is contained in books written concerning these things and others.

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    f 48v

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    ...And it is the chanter's job to take the place of the precentor in his absence ... and he ought to see that the reenactment of the shepherds on Christmas Eve and of the miracles on Easter Eve and on Monday in Easter are done fittingly and reverently...

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  • Document Description

    Record title: Cathedral Statutes of Bishop Hugh de Nonant
    Repository: Lincolnshire Archives
    Shelfmark: D&C A/2/3
    Repository location: Lincoln

    1275–1300; Latin; parchment and paper; v (first 2 are strips) + 54 (parchment) + ix (first 3 are a rental account, final 2 are strips); 290mm x 200mm (text area generally 205mm x 155mm); foliated 1–48 (final 6 leaves unfoliated); half of f 19 is missing; parchment booklets in original binding with skin and paper board cover; on spine: 'A | Marti | Logium | 2 | 3 (the word Martilogium is contemporary).' This is John de Schalby's compilation of various documents; the copy of the statutes occurs on ff 45v–8v.

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