Royal MS 1 A XVII

i A. xvii BIBLE, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; preceded by the epistle of Jerome to Paulinus (f. 5), after which another hand has inserted a letter of S. Peter to Faustinianus, father of S. Clement [of Rome], beg. Tu vero senex si quidem saluti anime' (f. 7). The books of the Old Testament are in the usual orden The Prayer of Manasses is added at the end of Chronicles, without break or title. The third book of Esdras is divided into 27 chapters instead of 9. The apocryphal additions to Esther are marked off from the rest of the text (f. 167). Jerome's prologues, except to Chronicles; and in addition the usual prologues to Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and Baruch (cf. i A. ii). A table of capitula (36) is prefixed to i Esdras [ = Ezra], as well as a prologue; and Esther has also the preface of Rufinus (beg. 'In libro Hester alfabetum', Berger, no. 53). The extracts from the epistle to Paulinus relating to Joshua and job are prefixed to those books as a second prologue. The Psalter, which is Gallican, is preceded (f. I76) by (a) an extract from Bede, Interpretatio Psalterii Artis Cantilenae, sc. 'Psalterium est ut Iheronimus ait . . . modulationes musicas exprimentes'(Opera, ed. i688, viii. 899; Berger, no. 94); (b) letter from Pope Damasus to jerome (spurious), 'Dum multa corpora . . . lherosolimam' (cf. Migne, viii. 44o, Berger, no. 80); (c) extract from letter of jerome to Pope Damasus (spurious), 'Legi litteras Latine prefatio' (cf Migne, XXX. 294), followed by

the last paragraph of the same letter in a fuller form than that printed in Migne, 'Nunc autem exposuimus ... laudet Dominum' (Berger, nos. 8i-83). Psalms vii and viii are written in abbreviated form, only the first words of each verse being given. Glosses are written to Ecclesiasticus, and occasionally elsewhere. The prologues to the Minor Prophets are as in i A. ii except in the case of Joel and Nahum. The first prologue to Joel is omitted, and another is added (f. 282b), 'Iohel qui interpretatur ... quando et Micheas'(Berger, no. 182), followed by a short one, 'Iohel de tribu Ruben ... atque sepultus' (ib. no. i8i); and the prologue to Nahum (f. 287) is prolonged by a passage beg. 'Sciendum autem' and ending 'futurus est Dominus'(cf i A. vii). The books of Maccabees have the same three prologues as in i A. ii. The books of the New Testament are arranged thus: Gospels, Acts, Pauline Epistles, Catholic Epistles, Apocalypse. The apocry# phal Epistle to the Laodiceans follows that to the Colossians (f. 366). The usual prologues are prefixed

to Matthew (two), Mark, and Luke, but not to john or any of the books which follow. Modern chapters. At the end (f. 382) are the Interpretationes Nominum Hebraicorum [by Remigius of Auxerre]. On the last two pages have been added in different i3th cent hands : (a) Story of the communication to three brothers of a miraculous remedy for wounds, beg. ' Tres boni fratres' (cf. Arundel MS. 295, f. 112, b, Add. MS. 22636, f. 59). f. 415;-(b) Prophecy of the Erythracan Sibyl, in the form of an acrostic, beg. ludicii

signum tellus sudore madescet'(cf. Augustine, De Civ. Dei, xviii, ch. 23). Apparently in the same hand as the glosses on Ecclesiasticus. f. 415 ;-(c) Verses on the books of the Bible, beg. ' Intrat in Egyptum genesis liber, exodus exit'. With later entries of the

same kind. 415;-(d) Verses on the Commandments, Sacraments, &c., beg. ' Sperne deos, fugito periuria, sabata serua'. f. 415 b;-

(e) ' Nomina librorum totius biblie'. f. 415 b. Vellum; ff. 415. 9 1/2 in.x 6 1/2 in. XIII cent. Executed in England. Gatherings of 16 leaves. Double columns, in a very small hand. Sec. fol. 'possumus'. Illuminated initials, many enclosing well executed figures. The fly-leaves (ff. 1-4) are from a MS. of scholastic theology, late 13th cent. Belonged to Lord Lumley (see ff. 5, 8).