Add MS 39629

PARHAM MS. XLVII. BIBLE, in Latin; Vulgate version. Preceded by Jerome's Epistle to Paulinus (Berger, Préfaces, 1902, no. 1). The order of books is as follows :-

(1) Pentateuch, with Jerome's preface (Berger 2). f. 3 b

(2) Joshua (pref. 22), Judges, Ruth. f. 85;-

(3) 1-4 Kings (pref. 30). f. 109;-

(4) 1 and 2 Chronicles (pref. 36, 37 respectively), with Prayer of Manasses at end. f. 165b;-

(5) Ezra (pref. 42) and Nehemiah, followed by the apocryphal 3 Esdras (here entitled "liber Esdre secundus"). f. 194 b ;-

(6) Tobit (pref. 45), Judith (pref. 48), Esther (pref. 51), Job (pref. 55, 56). f. 212 b ;-

(7) Psalter, Gallican. f. 241 ;-

(8) Proverbs (pref. 129), Ecelesiastes (pref. 138), Song of Solomon, Wisdom (pref. 142), Eclesiasticus (pref. beg. " Multorum nobis et magnorum," Migne, Patrol. Lat., xxix. 421). f. 268;-

(9) Isaiah (pref. 150), Jeremiah (pref. 155), Lamentations and Jeremiah's prayer, Baruch (pref. beg. " Liber iste qui Baruch nomine," Migne cxiv. 63), Ezekiel (pref. 162), Daniel (pref- 166), and Minor Prophets (pref. 170, 174, 180, 179, 184, 185, 187, etc.). f. 309 ;-

(10) 1 and 2 Maccabees (pref. 192, 189). f. 420 b;-

(11) Gospels (pref. 199, 200, 225, 230, 236). f. 447;-

(12) Pauline Epistles (pref. 280 A-D, etc.). f. 499 ;-

(13) Hebrews (pref. 283). f. 526;-

(14) Acts (pref. 244). f. 530 b ;-

(15) Catholic Epistles (prof. 290). f. 545 b ;-

(16) Apocalypse (pref. 320). f. 552. Modern chapters. Followed by Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum [by Remy of Auxerre ?], as printed in Bedae Opera (Cologne, 1688), iii, p. 371. Beg. " Aaz apprehendens." f. 560. At the end, in various 15th cent. hands, are notes, apparently of the sections of some work on

canon law (ff. 604 b, 605, the latter in plummet), and a medical recipe (f. 605 b), all in Latin. Vellum; ff. ii + 605. 5 3/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. Mid XIII cent. Gatherings of 24 (occasionally 26) leaves. Double columns of 49 or (ff. 1-5 b) 50 lines. Probably written in France. Neatly illuminated initials, usually with slight prolongations (some of these cropped in binding), to the prefatory epistle and the several books and Psalter-divisions, five of them (ff. 1, 4, 241, 268, 447 b) historiated. Flourished initials in blue and red to prologues and chapters. Sec. fol. " sic enim." Old press-mark " A-I." on f. ii, and erased and cropped inscriptions (of ownership ?) on ff. ii b, 1. On f. i, " Domine miserere animam Roberti Curzon de Parham in comitatu Sussex. 1830." Bound in crimson velvet, with gilt clasps and rims, and with the Curzon arms (argent, on a bend sable three popinjays or) and motto ("Let Curzon holde what Curzon helde") in gilt metal on the upper cover. Curzon Cat., MSS. in Latin, no. 6.

Heraldry: Curzon arms, on covers: 19th cent.

Curzon family: Arms of, in brass, on cover of.

Bindings ENGLISH: Crimson velvet, brass rims, clasps, and Curzon arms: 19th cent.

Bible LATIN: Bible: 13th cent.: Lat.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Bible : initials: 13th cent.

includes:

• f. ii Press-marks: A. 1.
• f. 560 Remigius, of Auxerre: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum, attrib. to: 13th cent.
• f. 560 Bible. Dictionaries, Glossaries, etc: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum, by Beda or Remigius of Auxerre: 13th cent.
• f. 560 Beda: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum attrib. to: 13th cent.
• ff. 604 b, 605 Law CANON: Notes rel. to: 15th cent.: Lat.
• f. 605 b Recipes: For an electuary: 15th cent.: Lat.