Exorcismus aquae ad iudicium dei demonstrandum (Iud Dei I)
This text is a manual for the ordeal of cold water. It survives in several manuscripts, the earliest of which dates from the tenth century. Its transmission in a number of manuscripts is closely connected with that of two other ordeal manuals, the Adiuratio ferri uel aquae feruentis and the Exorcismus panis ordeacii et casei ad probationem ueri.
Contents
Print editions
- Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 401–405.
Manuscripts
- Ca: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 422, pp. 319-330
description & facsimiles - Ch: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 44, pp. 365-379
description & facsimiles - Ci: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 146, pp. 301-308
description & facsimiles - Ps: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 943, fos. 89v-93v
description & facsimiles