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The Leofric Missal

Missale Leofrici · Anonymous (compiled in stages; the book of Bishop Leofric of Exeter) · c. 900-1050, with later additions (Leofric was bishop of Exeter 1046-1072) · liturgy

Latin · domain: latin-liturgy · researched 2026-11-14

no English translation located. No published English translation of this text was located in the catalogues and series checked. Where only a non-English rendering or a translation of a daughter version exists, it is recorded below and does not close the gap. Treat this as a gap candidate, not as proof that no translation exists; the evidence names every source checked.

Why this is in the register

HOLLIS 'Leofric missal' returns seven records: F. E. Warren's Latin edition, 'The Leofric missal, as used in the Cathedral of Exeter during the episcopate of its first bishop' (Oxford, 1883), the Henry Bradshaw Society edition of 2002 (catalogued 'eng;lat'), and unrelated items such as a 1964 'English benedictional' and studies of ordination rites (https://hollis.harvard.edu/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Leofric%20missal&tab=Everything&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&vid=01HVD_INST:HVD2&offset=0 The 1883 text is available as a verified scan and is Latin throughout: 291 occurrences of 'Omnipotens' and no 'Almighty' (https://archive.org/details/leofricmissalasu00cath). No English translation of the missal exists in HOLLIS, and the two editions are Latin texts with English apparatus.

A composite book - sacramentary, pontifical and computus material - that documents the transition from the Anglo-Saxon to the Norman church in one manuscript, including a set of episcopal rites. It is the principal liturgical witness for eleventh-century England and has never been translated, so English church history still quotes it in Latin.

Existing translations recorded

None recorded in English. Non-English versions, where they exist, are named in the evidence above.

Electronic text

Source and licence
archive.org · PDF scan · public domain (1883 edition)
leofricmissalasu00cath

Scanned witnesses

Scan search: not checked. Not searched in the scan pass: this dossier was outside the 121-work scan target set.

Harvard Hollis

Hollis query: "The Leofric Missal" — 7 record(s); match basis author_title.

RecordCitation
The Leofric Missal
· 2002 · eng, lat
"The Leofric Missal." London : Harry Bradshaw Society, 2002. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990090175590203941
The Leofric Missal, as used in the Cathedral of Exeter during the episcopate of its first bishop, A.D. 1050-1072, together with some account of the Red Book of Derby, the Missal of Robert of Jumièges, a few other early Ms. service books of the English Church
· 1883 i.e. Farnborough, Gregg, 1968 · lat
"The Leofric Missal, as used in the Cathedral of Exeter during the episcopate of its first bishop, A.D. 1050-1072, together with some account of the Red Book of Derby, the Missal of Robert of Jumièges, a few other early Ms. service books of the English Church." Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1883 [i.e. Farnborough, Gregg, 1…
The Leofric missal, as used in the Cathedral of Exeter during the episcopate of its first bishop, A.D. 1050-1072; together with some account of the Red book of Derby, the Missal of Robert of Jumièges, and a few other early ms. service books of the English church
· 1883 · lat
"The Leofric missal, as used in the Cathedral of Exeter during the episcopate of its first bishop, A.D. 1050-1072; together with some account of the Red book of Derby, the Missal of Robert of Jumièges, and a few other early ms. service books of the English church." Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1883. https://hollis.harvard…
An English benedictional
Tatlock, Richard · 1964 · eng
Tatlock, Richard. "An English benedictional." Westminster, Faith Press [1964]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990025645310203941
Ordination rites of the ancient churches of East and West
Bradshaw, Paul F · 1990 · eng
Bradshaw, Paul F. "Ordination rites of the ancient churches of East and West." New York : Pueblo Pub. Co., c1990. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990021682210203941

Sources checked

Cite: Tergwame, “The Leofric Missal” (latin gap dossier), 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/latin-anon-missale-leofrici