Welcome to our Exsultet scroll page! As mentioned in the bulletin for the Fifth Sunday of Lent (4/06/2025), Notre Dame Church has been blessed with the opportunity to utilize a modern version of the medieval Exsultet scroll during our celebration of the Easter Vigil this April 19, 2025. Please use the links posted below to access more information about the Exsultet hymn and scroll. And the pictures from our scroll are posted below, with further information about the manuscripts they come from and links for more information about those manuscripts. Thank you!

English text of the Exsultet hymn (Easter Proclamation)
A Brief Reflection on the History and Theology of the Exsultet Hymn
A Long Study on History, Theology, and Art: “This is the Night,” Contingent Magazine, April 2020

The Exsultet Series, Week One

The Exsultet Series, Week Two

The Exsultet Series, Week Three

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Christ in Majesty, The Aberdeen Bestiary – MS 24, fol. 4v,
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/jpeg/f4v.jpg CC BY 4.0
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Pentecost, Passauer Evangelistar – BSB Clm 16002, fol. 27v,
https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/image/
v2/bsb00072191_00062/full/full/0/default.jpg CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Blessing the Paschal Candle, Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, MS Nouvelle acquisition latine 710, https://mandragore.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cgfbt769535, https://portail.biblissima.fr/en/ark:/
43093/ifdata89fb98b594f72cf8417350f6e930cfcf049dfa 29
[Public Domain information: https://gallica.bnf.fr/edit/und/
conditions-dutilisation-des-contenus-de-gallica (Accessed September 2, 2024).]
https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.1013
Crucifixion, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from J. H. Wade 1924.1013, https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.1013 Public Domain
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Parting of the Red Sea, Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate Library, Ms. 2027, fol. 4v,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_sea_
passage.jpg Public Domain
Generated by IIPImage
The Harrowing of Hell, Getty Museum Collection Ms. 101 (2008.3), fol. 82v https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/109CY0?altImage=68dcbffa-8777-4758-a46f-70 3278e1b9e0
Public Domain
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Expulsion from Eden Glasgow University Library MS Hunter 229 (U.3.2), fol. 8r, https://www.flickr.com/photos/uofglibrary/
4404399204/in/album-72157623552158440/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
identifier W.148.000050|date 2011-05-03|creator The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore/MD/USA)|contributor Archibald, Elizabeth|contributor Dutschke, Consuelo|contributor Hamburger, Jeffrey|contributor Herbert, Lynley|contributor Noel, William|contributor Sciacca, Christine |contributor Bockrath, Diane|contributor Emery, Doug|contributor Klenn, Elizabeth|contributor Tabritha, Ariel|contributor Toth, Michael B.|contributor Owen, Linda|contributor Quandt, Abigail|format image/tiff|description This is an image of folio 23v from Walters Ms. W.148, Lectionary, on parchment, First half of the 14th century|rights Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.|source Walters Art Museum Ms. W.148, folio 23v|title Walters Ms. W.148, Lectionary|type Image|subject Book|subject Christian|subject Codex|subject Illumination|subject Manuscript|subject Walters Art Museum|subject German|subject Liturgy|subject Lectionary|subject Germany|subject Latin
The Resurrection, Walters Art Museum, Homilary W.148, fol. 23v, https://manuscripts.thewalters.org/viewer.php?id=W.148#page/50/mode/1up CC0 1.0
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Baptism of Christ, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, KB 76 F 13, fol. 19r, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Images_
from_the_life_of_Christ_-_The_baptism _of_Christ_by_St_John_the_Baptist,_
an_angel_holds_Christ%27s_robe_-_
Psalter_of_Elea nor_of_Aquitaine_(ca._1185)_-_KB_76_F_13,_folium_019r.jpg
Public Domain
Bees flying in formation to enter their hives. Bee hives like these appear in many manuscripts, and are similar to ones used by medieval beekeepers.
Bees and Hives, Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511 (The Ashmole Bestiary), fol. 75v,
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery260.htm 29 CC-BY-NC 4.0
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Women at the Empty Tomb, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.56.1,
Manuscript Illumination with Scenes of Easter in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary,
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/463602
Public Domain
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Christ in Majesty, Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe, Germany Cod. Bruchsal 1, Bl. fol. 1v,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
Codex_Bruchsal_1_01v_cropped.jpg
Public Domain
Photo by Nick Castelli Photography (nickcastelliphotocatholic.com)
Photo by Nick Castelli Photography (nickcastelliphotocatholic.com)
Photo by Nick Castelli Photography (nickcastelliphotocatholic.com)

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