Royal MS 1 A III

I A. III BIBLE, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; preceded (f. 1) by the epistle of Jerome to Paulinus. The books of the Old Testament follow in the usual order, with the addition Of 3 Esdras after Ezra and Nehemiah (f. 190); the book of Psalms is omitted. Titles of books generally omitted, but space is left for them. Jerome's prologues; in addition, a prefatory argument is prefixed to Exodus, beg. 'Exodus continet' (f. 26, Berger, no. 20); the second prologue to job is omitted, but the first is increased by the addition (without mark of division) of the genealogical note from the Syriac and the extract from Jerome's epistle to Paulinus (cf. 1 A. I); Ecclesiastes has the prologue taken from Jerome's commentary on the book (cf 1 A. I and 1 A. II); Hosea has the same prologue as in 1 A. II; Joel and Amos the second of the two prologues given in i A. ii; the rest of the Minor Prophets have brief prefatory arguments (from Jerome's epistle to Paulinus); and Maccabees has the short third prologue contained in i A. i and i A. ii. The books of the New Testament are arranged thus: Gospels, Acts, Pauline Epistles, Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse, with the usual prologues. A leaf is lost between ff. 409 and 410, containing Luke xxiii. 55 'monumentum' ... john i. 22 'quid'. Modern chapters.

Vellum; ff. i+471. 5.75 in. X 4 in. XIII cent. Executed in England. Gatherings of 16 leaves. Double columns of 46 lines, in a very small hand. Sec. fol. 'vii. sigillis'. Initials of books illuminated; those of chapters in red and blue. Small miniatures occur in many of the initials (ff. 4, 26, 43, 107 b, 121, 131 b, 257, 336, 340, 342, 343 b, 346 b, 351 b, 388, 397, 445 b, 460 46 b). On the paper fly-leaf (f. i b) is inscribed, in a 16th cent. hand, 'To the Ryght honorable Sir Jhon Dene (?)'.