Royal MS 2 E XIII-XIV

2 E. xiii, xiv 'BREVIARIUM sancti Hieronimi praesbiteri in Psalterio cf. description Of 2 D. xxxiii. Imperfect, wanting the commentary on Psalms ci-cl. Vellum; ff. i+121, i+136. 13 in. x9 1/4 in. Late X cent.; the last two leaves of xiii and the last leaf of XIV in a hand of XII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves ; the earlier quires are lettered at the end(a-g and i),and marked 'cor[rectus]'. Originally two volumes, each containing the commentary on fifty Psalms; the third part, containing the last fifty, is lost, and the two which remain are bound up together into a single volume. In 1734, when Casley's catalogue was made, they were still separate, and the first part contained as fly-leaves at the beginning two leaves of Sedulius' poem on Luke i, of the 8th cent., and at the end two leaves of a commentary on judges vii, of the 6th cent. These have now disappeared, having no doubt been removed when the two parts were bound together. Belonged to Archbishop Cranmer (XIII, f. 1, xiv, f. 1) and John, Lord Lumley (xiii, f. 1); neither name is autograph. Cat. of 1666, f. 5; CMA. 7843.