Royal MS 5 C X-XI

5 C. x, xi S. AUGUSTINE, Enarrationes super Psalmos: the second and third volumes of a set, containing Ps. li-c and ci-cl respectively. The headlines are continuous through the two volumes, and they are nearly uniform in size, so that they probably belong to one set; but they are not uniform with 5 C. ix.

Vellum; ff. 286 and 279. 1 ft. 2.5/8 in. x 9.1/2 in. and i ft. all in.x 10 in. Early XIII cent. Several hands in each volume. Gatherings of 8 leaves. in vol. i (xi⁷, xix⁷, xxi⁷, xxxv⁶) iiii, v, xi-xv are numbered at the beginning, iv, vi-x, xvi, xvii at the end, the rest are not numbered ; catchwords are generally given. In Vol. ii (vi7, xiii7, xvii6) a few sheets are numbered in large Roman figures at the top of the first page. Vol. ii is much mutilated, 9 leaves being lost from the beginning .(containing Migne xxxvii. 1293-1314), 2 after f. 50 (M. 1429-1433), 1 after f. 55 (M. 1444-1446), i after f. 71 (M. 1479-1481), 3 after f. 72 (M. 1482-1489), 1 after f. 73 (M. 1491- 1493), i after £ 77 (M. 1501-1502), 1 after f. 100 (M. 1549-1551), 2 after f. 102 (M. 1555-I56o), 1 after f. 107 (M. I571-1573), i after f. 11O (M. 1579-1581), 1 after f. 117 (M. 1595-1597), 2 after f. 250 (M. 1883-1888), 3 after f. 258 (M. 1906-1914), and 1 after f. 279 (M. 1965-1966). See. fol. (vol. i) 'habet ciues'. Coloured initials, rather more ornamented in vol. ii than in vol. i. Vol. i belonged (16th cent.) to Thomas Leventhorpe, of Aldbury (ff. 1, 286 b), who has written comments in the margin ; and both have the name of Charles Theyer on their first leaves, with the Theyer monogram. Old Royal press-mark in vol. i 'no.1565'. Theyer sale-cat. no. 11; CMA. 6424 (?) and 6431.