Royal MS 3 E X-XI

3 E. x, xi

COMMENTARIES on the Four Gospels, the Catholic Epistles, and the Apocalypse, in Latin, by Nicholas de Gorram [al. Gorran, d. 1295]. In two volumes. Vol, i contains the commentaries on (i) S. Matthew, beg. 'Presens prologus in tres partes diuiditur'. f. 1;-

(2) S. John, beg. 'Huic autem euangelio Ieronimus'. f. 81;-(3) the Apocalypse, beg. 'Vidit Iacob in sompnis'. f. 173;-(4) the Catholic Epistles, beg. 'Missesunt epistole ex regis nomille'. f. 187. Vol. ii contains those on (i) S. Mark, beg. ' Filii Syoii exultate'. f. i. -(2) S. Luke, beg. 'Disciplina medici exaltabit caput'. f. 90. That on S. Mark has the colophon (f. 89 b) Expliciunt pistole [sc. postillae] fratris Nicholay de Goram super Marchum'. The commentaries on the Gospels were printed at Cologne in 1537, and those on the Epistles and Apocalypse at Antwerp in 1620. Vellum; ff. i + 225, 241. ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. XV cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves, numbered on the first six leaves of each gathering, and with catchwords. Double columns. Sec. fol. 'ostenderetur'. Initials of chapters flourished in red and blue. In vol. i a leaf and a half are left blank between art. i and art. 2, and between art. 2 and art. 3, and a fresh quire-numeration is begun with each article ; but art. 4 follows art. 3 immediately on the same page, Belonged,

according to an inscription on the first page of each vol., to-the Hospital of S. Thomas of Acon in London by the gift of William Pyknam, archdeacon of Norwich [1472-1497, cf. 3 A. ix].