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Vellum, 7.75 x 5.5, ff. 507, double columns of 51 lines. 13th cent., finely written, and with good ornament. Probably French. 2 fo. aulam regiam.
Liber olim Thomae Gerard et Henrici Gerard, whose names are on the flyleaf.
Also: pr. 7 : 6. JB.
At bottom of f. 1 an erased inscription which, revived, reads:
Memoriale fratris Alexandri de Montibus.
This form of inscription is apt I think to indicate a Franciscan house as provenance.
Collation : 116 (1 canc.) 216 (one canc.) 316 412 – 1512 166 (6 canc.) 1712 - 3812 396 4010 4112 4212 434 (4 canc.) | 448 (wants 6-8).
Contents:
Prologues: a. Frater Ambrosius. b. Desiderii mei.
Gen.-2 Chron. Oratio Manasses regis iuda.
There are proll. to Joshua, Kings, Chron.
Ezra (Prol.), Neh., 1 Esdr. of Apocr. (Et fecit.)
Tobit, Judith, Esther, Job (proll.).
Psalter, Gallican, no prol.
Prov., Eccl. (proll.), Cant., Sap., Ecclus.
Isa.-Dan. (proll.).
Hosea (Proll. a. Non idem ordo. b. Temporibus ozie) – Malachi (proll.).
1, 2 Macc. (proll. of Rabanus and Argument).
Evv. (proll. a. Matheus ex iudea. b. Matheus cum primo: others have single
prologues: Ammonian sections in margin).
Paul. Epp. (Arguments), Acts (prol.), Cath. Epp. (prol.), Apoc. (Prol. of Gilbert,
omnes qui pie).
Interpretationes nominum edite a b. Remigio: Aaz-Zuzim, 4b.
Table of Epistles and Gospels, 503.
The only figured initials are those to Genesis and Matthew, the first contains seven medallions on gold grounds: at top, Christ resting; below, the works of the six days ending with the Creation of Eve. The other shows Jesse sleeping and a tree containing figures of two kings, the Virgin and Christ. The other initials are decorative and of fine execution.