[227] That is, a summary, epitome; not as yet a service-book.
[228] Ps. lxx. 14. The Vulgate, which Alcuin quotes, has more point for his present purpose, adiiciam super omnem laudem tuam, “I will add Thy praise above all praise.”
[229] Exod. xxiii. 8. Alcuin reads corda sapientium where the Vulgate has prudentes.
[230] The letter was written in Lent. Easter day in 800 was April 19.
[231] These were Gisla, Charlemagne’s sister, and Rodtruda, his daughter; see also [p. 253].
[232] Adapted from chapters i and ii of Solomon’s Song.
Nomine pandecten proprio vocitare memento
Hoc corpus sacrum, lector, in ore tuo.