Add MS 40006

BIBLE, in Latin : Vulgate version, with correctorium notes in the margins. The order of books and prefaces (the references are to Berger, Préfaces, 1902) is as follows :-

(1) Pentateuch, with pref. nos. 1, 2. f. 17; (2) Joshua, pref. no. 22, Judges, and Ruth. f. 91 ;-

(3) 1-4 Kings, pref. no. 30. f. 115 b ;-

(4) 1 and 2 Chron., followed by Prayer of Alanasses, pref. no. 36. f. 165 b ;-

(5) 1 and 2 Esdras, i.e. Ezra and Nehemiah, followed by the apocryphal 3 Esdras, pref. no. 42. f. 192 ;-

(6) Tobit, pref. no. 45. f. 220 ;-

(7) Judith, pref. no. 49. f. 224 ;-

(8) Esther, pref. no. 51. f. 229 b ;-

(9) Job, pref. nos. 55, 56. f. 234 b ;-

(10) Psalter, Gallican and Hebrew versions, in parallel columns, without pref. f. 245 ;-

(11) Proverbs, pref. no. 129. f. 291 ;-

(12) Ecclesiastes, pref. no. 138. f. 299 ;-

(13) Song of Solomon, pref. no. 130 (Migne, Patr. Lat. xxiii. 1011 B-1014 A, usually to Proverbs, here divided into three prologues), and three others: " Omnes anime motiones " [from Origen, Hom. ii in Cant. Cant., printed in Migne, Patr. Graeca xiii. 47], and nos. 136, 135. f. 302;-

(14) Wisdom, without pref. f. 304 b ;-

(15) Ecclesiasticus, [St. Jerome's] pref. beg. " Multorum nobis et magnorum " (Patr. Lat. xxix. 421). f. 310;-

(16) Prophets, viz. Isaiah, pref. no. 150, Jeremiah, pref. no. 155, Lamentations and Jeremiah's prayer, Baruch, pref. beg. " Liber iste qui in Baruch,"

Ezechiel, pref. no. 162, Daniel, pref. no. 166 , and Minor Prophets, pref. nos. 174, 179, 180,185, etc., 184. ff. 325 b-414 b ;-

(17) 1 and 2 Maccabees, pref. no. 189. f. 415 b ;-

(18) Gospels, pref. nos. 199, 200, 225, 230, 236. ff. 437, 449 b, 457 b, 471 ;-

(19) Pauline Epistles, pref. nos. 280 B-D, etc. ff. 481-505 b 20) Hebrews, pref. no. 283. f. 506 ;-

(21) Acts, pref. nos. 244, 249. f. 510 ;-

(22) Catholic Epistles, pref. no. 290. ff. 523 b-529 b ; - (23) Apocalypse, pref. no. 320. f. 529 b ;-

(24) Interpretationes Hebraicorum Nominum, beg. " Aaz apprehendens," ends " Zurim alias zusim " [by Bede or Remigius of Auxerre ?]. f. 537;-

(25) Additional prefaces, collected, viz. Minor Prophets, no. 170 ;- Joel, three prefaces, viz. (a) no. 179, combined with no. 183, (b) beg. " Iohel qui interpretatur dominus deus," and (c) beg. " Iohel de tribu Ruben natus " ;-

Amos, two prefaces, beg. " Amos uero propheta interpretatur honustus. Hic Amos spirituali gracia," cf. Royal MS. 1 A. ii, f. 410 (= no. 188 ?), and beg. " Hic Amos non fuit pater Ysaie," cf. ibid. (= no. 187 ?) ;- Obadiah, three prefaces : (a) beg. " Esau filius Ysaac," (b) " Hebrei hunc esse dicunt " (cf. St. Jerome on Obadiah, Patr. Lat. xxv. 1099 A, B), and (c) " Abdias quanto brevior " ;-Jonah, 'beg. " Ionas columba et dolens," cf. I A. ii, f. 413 b;-Micah, beg. " Sermo dei qui semper " (cf. St. Jerome, Patr. Lat. xxv. 1151);- Nahum, beg. "Cum Ionas et Naum";-

Habakkuk, two prefaces, beg. " Abacuch in principio," and " Commentatur Ieronimus super Osee " ;- Zephaniah, beg. " Prophetatur de euersione Ierusalem " ;- Haggai, beg. " Cum Cyrus Persarum occiso Balthasar " ;- Zechariah, beg. " Cyrus rex Persarum qui Chaldeorum " (cf. St. Jerome, Patr. Lat. xxv. 1417) ;- Chronicles, no. 37 ;- Judith, no. 48. f. 581. On f.2 b is a list of the books of the Bible, with the number of chapters in each, in an early 14th cent. hand. The correctorium notes, which extend over portions only (cf. note, f. 108, " usque huc correctum," etc.) seem to agree in the main with the " Correctorium Sorbonicum " in Paris, Bibl. Nat., MS. lat. 15554, ff. 147-253 (= " F " in H. Denifle, " Die Handschriften der Bibel- Correctorien des 13 Jahr." in Archiv für Literatur- und Kirchengeschichte, iv, 1888, pp. 263-311 ; see also S. Berger, " Essais faits à Paris pour corriger la Vulgate," in Revue de Theologie et Philosophie, xvi, 1883, pp. 41-66). Vellum; ff. 586. 9 in. x 6 1/2 in. Circ. A.D. 1300. Written in England. Gatherings of 20 leaves, except xxiii²², xxiv¹⁶ , xxvii¹⁸ xxix¹² (i begins at f. 17), lettered a-z, A-F. Sec. fol. " sum hoc." Coarsely executed red and blue flourished initials. On f. 449 b in place of the initial is a neat pen drawing of St. Mark. On f. 1, reversing the volume, is a partially erased note of pledging,

14th cent. :-" Caucio m. Joh[annis] de Stauele exposita ciste (?) .... et habet duo supplementa, vid[elicet] decreta et librum epistolarum Augustini." Other scribbles on this page include the word "Notyngham." Belonged, 15th cent., to Syon Abbey; see partially erased inscription, f. 16 b ....... domine Margarete quondam ducisse Clarencie cuius expensis deuenit liber iste ad fratres monasterii de Syon ad requisitionem (?) domini Symonis Wyntyr fratris eiusdem monasterii quorum animabus propicietur deus Amen." Entered as " E. 1 " in the catalogue of Syon Library, ed. M. Bateson, 1898, p. 43, under the name " ducisse Clarencie " as donor [i.e. Margaret, d. 1439, widow of Thomas, 2nd Duke of Clarence]. A 15th cent. table of lessons, f. 5, is probably a Syon addition. Afterwards belonged to Sir Arthur D'Arcy, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, d. 1561 (note "This is Sir Arthur Darcy his boke bought of John Askew for xi s," f. 583, and entries of births of his children, 1538-1555, ff. 15-15 b), to his second son Thomas (entries of births, etc., 15 70-1605, ff. 15 b-1 6 b, 3-4), and to Sir William Ingilby, 1 st Bart., of Ripley, co. York (note, dated 1646, f. 4 b), by whose descendant, Lt.-Col. Sir W. H. Ingilby, 4th Bart., it was sold at Sotheby's. Described in Hist. MSS. Commission, App., 6th Report, p. 354 a. 15th cent. binding of wooden boards coated with sheepskin, once apparently pink. The various books are marked by vellum tags in the outer margins. Sotheby's sale-cat., 21 Oct. 1920, lot 18.