Royal MS 1 A XIX

i A. xix BIBLE, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; preceded by Jerome's epistle to Paulinus (f. 1). The books of the Old Testament are in the usual Vulgate order, except that Ecclesiasticus precedes Wisdom. After Nehemiah (f. 112) the prologue to Tobit and the first six verses are written, then (ff. 113-116) 3 Esdras is inserted in a different hand, the prologue and first six verses of Tobit being repeated at 'the end of the inserted leaves. The Prayer of Manasses is inserted in the margin at the, end of Chronicles by a different hand 7

(f. 106 b). At the end of Ecclesiasticus (f. 165 b) the same hand has written the Prayer of Solomon, i.e.

3 Kings viii. 22-31, in an ancient version (cf. i E. i). No titles. Jerome's prologues, including the second pro. logue to job; but the prologue to Wisdom is different (beg. 'Hunc librum Ieronimus asserit', from Rabanus, Berger, no. 144). The prologues commonly found (see i A. ii) before Ecclesiastes and Baruch are added in the margin in a different hand ; and the same hand has similarly added the prologues to Hosea, Joel (the second, 'loel Fatuel filius), Amos (the second, 'Amos propheta', and third, 'Amos propheta non fuit pater'), Obadiah, Jonah (the second, 'Ionas columba'), Habakkuk (with the addition of the second prologue, beg. 'Abacuch amplexans', cf i A. v), and the four remaining prophets, to whom and to Habakkuk short prefaces (from Jerome's epistle to Paulinus) are prefixed in the text. The first prologues to Joel, Amos, and Jonah, and the prologues to Micah and Nahum, are written in the text. Similarly the first two prologues to Maccabees are added in the margin, the third written in the text. The books of the New Testament are arranged thus; Gospels, Pauline Epistles, Catholic Epistles, Acts, Apocalypse. The apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans follows the Epistle to the Colossians (f. 274). The usual prologues to the Evangelists and short arguments of the Pauline Epistles are written in the text; the second prologue to S. Matthew ('Matheus cum primo'), S. Luke's own preface to his Gospel, and the prologue to the Apocalypse, are added in the margin. A long prologue is prefixed to the Acts, embodying Berger, nos. 244 and 249, with 'Lucas medicus Antiochensis' (cf. i A. vii) and other matter. Glosses have been written throughout in a nearly con. temporary hand, and a large number of notes have been written with the plummet. Modern chapters. At the end (f. 296) in another hand are 'Interpretationes nominum grecorum', sc. the Interpretationes Nominum Hebraicorum of Remigius of Auxerre. Vellum; ff. ii + 327. 10.1/4 in. x 7 in. XIII cent. Gatherings generally of 12 leaves, with catchwords. Double columna, in several bands. Sec. fol. 'scelera'. Initials are flourished in red and blue. On the first fly-leaf (f. i b) is a list of commentaries on the various books of the Bible, in a 15th cent. band, followed by six Latin hexameters, beg. 'Sit tibi potus aqua, cibus aridus, aspera vestis'; and on the last leaf are extracts from Seneca,

Boethius, and Chrysostom in an early 14th cent. hand. On the last page (f. 327 b) is inscribed (14th cent.) 'Iste liber constat prioratui de Monkbretton' [co. York], & c.; preceded by a large

fanciful B, perhaps a press-mark. Belonged to Lord Lumley (f. 1).