Adiuratio ferri uel aquae feruentis (Iud Dei II)
This text is an adjuration of iron or boiling 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 Exorcismus aquae ad iudicium dei demonstrandum and the Exorcismus panis ordeacii et casei ad probationem ueri.
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Print editions
- Felix Liebermann, ed., Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 3 vols (Halle, 1903–1916), vol. 1, pp. 406–407.
Manuscripts
- Ca: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 422, pp. 333-338
description & facsimiles - Ch: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 44, pp. 379-384
description & facsimiles - Ci: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 146, pp. 309-312
description & facsimiles - Ps: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 943, fos. 93v-95v
description & facsimiles