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O mortalis homo mortis reminisceret ursus | Nil pecca dedis tuus sicut tuum prospera captas | Omni aquae aeternis vanarum conditor rerum | Umbra vela tenemus veloci fines ecce dat | Precante non felix te dum nescis et adest | Quem assum praecipiti dissolutis urb in finis | Porrige post exit victum vel contegit adhuc | Et te post obitum sic talia facta beati sunt | Dilige pauperiem mordaces effugax Azarias | Nam sed dat cupidis post carnis dei judicia flammas | Aequum vis perspicat aro gemmis quem nites cujus | Ita per exercitus ibis aeterna deus ad umbras | Ici solam te campos ti mortis facta manebit | Quod bene quod juste quod rectae fecerit ipse
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Paris, BN, lat. 8093 17
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Randel 484-11 | Poem of Saint Eugenius of Toledo | “O mortalis homo mortis re…” appears as an incipit copied in the lower margin of Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 312, fol. 159v, a manuscript containing the Sentences of Isidore of Seville (11th century). The text is almost entirely erased, though it remains faintly visible. The information was provided by Melissa W. Capitán (Minitexts Project, University of Oslo). The manuscript originates from the Abbey of Saint-Mesmin de Micy, a monastery associated with the “Hispani” in Carolingian territory (Theodulf of Orleans).
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