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eccl(es)iam tua(m) †m(ar)ia†
tui cla(r)ificas (et) s(an)c(t)a
(et) qui docuit intel
†c()one†
Da nobis
q(ue)s(umus) d(omi)ne s(an)c(t)ar(um) m(arty)r
palma(s) in cessabili
digna mente s(an)c(t)
freq(ue)ntem(us) obsequ
Sac(er)dos (et) p(o)nt(ifex) p(salmu)s dedu
uere felice(m) p(re)sulem u
forma(m) accepit digiti
cruenta(m) carnem u(ersus) A
in oculis n(ost)ris u(ersus) In
Gloriosa s(an)c(t)issimi solle
lica suscipiat eccl(es)ia c
det climata qua(m) me
D(eu)s qui anime fam(u)li tui gregorii et(er)ne b(ea)titudi-
nis p(re)mia c(on)tulisti c(on)cede p(ro)pitius ut qui p(e)cc(at)or(um)
Despite half the page being seemingly deliberately removed, we can see both the same type of script we saw earlier as well as several lines with a smaller letter size, which still maintains the lateral compression seen in the main script. The section of text beginning ‘Sac(er)dos’ ending ‘me’ is made up of chants for the feast of Gregorii (Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor) which lies on March 12th. Within this section there are two verses succeding a response and preceding an antiphon. The last two lines where the script hasn’t been cut away are the beginning of a prayer for Saint Gregory.
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-ago huic scutella(m) arge(n)
rginu(m) t(ri)a milia rome
s longe u(e)l p(ro)pe positis
Xpristi fidelis f[a]m(u)lus
suo in t(em)p(or)e uixit eius
-arnis materia(m) Coll’
ap(ostolo) (et) R(esponsus) (et) u(ersus) · ut in c(on)iu(nctionis)
pastor ap(osto)lice g(re)gorii
ementu(m) eccl(es)ie tuo ri
p(er)e U(ersus) Memor esto co(n)
dei plantate uinee H(ymnus)
O Gregorii dulcissimu(m)
u(m) posce nobis suffragiu(m)
dem(us) p(er)frui Gertrudis u(ir)g(in)i ·
ta gertrudis
u(ir)go imploret que tibi grata extitit s(em)p(er) ut m(er)ito
This page follows the first, since for its near entirety it celebrates Saint Gregory as does the page above. Up until the last three lines the aspect of the script is the expected smaller letterforms since nearly the entire page is made up of chants including three antiphons, two responses and a hymn. Since most of the page has been cut out deliberately, again only a few words of each chant are present on the page. A rubric indicates that the 'Getrudis virginis' belongs with the content of the line before. The last three lines where the script returns to the main aspect are the beginning of a prayer for the feast day of Gertrude, virgin and abbess of Nivelle on March 17th.