The sevenfold-fivefold-threefold litany of the saints in the Leofric Missal and beyond
Robin Norris
Abstract The brief litany of saints in the Leofric Missal is oldest complete extant specimen sevenfold-fivefold-threefold prayer used for baptism on Holy Saturday. This continental innovation became widespread Anglo-Saxon England, and was Ireland into twelfth century. petitions this special form, probably from an English source, appear Corpus Irish Missal, alongside invocations either standardized by scribe or adapted a source. Through evolution over time across cultures, we see concrete evidence patterns cultural transmission that shaped early medieval Europe.
Anglo-Saxon England