Royal MS 1 B XII

i B. xii BIBLE, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; preceded by the epistle of Jerome to Paulinus (f. i). The books of the 0. T. follow the usual Vulgate order, except that Esther precedes Tobit, Ezra and Nehemiah were originally numbered as a single book, 3 Esdras following as 'Esdras secundus', in 25 chapters. The Psalter is of the Hebrew version. The last seven verses of Wisdom and the prologue to Ecclesiasticus by the son of Sirach are omitted. No titles. Jerome's prologues, except that the prologue to Chronicles is omitted in its proper place and added after 2 Chronicles; and both prologues to job are omitted, being replaced by the short genealogical passage translated from the Syriac (cf. description of i A. i). The prologues to Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Wisdom are also omitted. The usual short prologue is prefixed to Baruch, and the Minor Prophets, from Obadiah to Malachi, have as prologues the short paragraphs relating to them in Jerome's epistle to Paulinus. The short [third] prologue is prefixed to the books of Maccabees (cf. i A. ii).

The books of the N. T. are arranged thus. Gospels, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Pauline Epistles, Apocalypse. The usual prologues are prefixed to all the Gospels, except the first; and there are also prologues to the Catholic Epistles collectively and the Epistles of S. Peter (beg. 'Simon Petrus', ends 'ueneratione celebratur', from Jerome's Cat. Script. Eccl.), and the usual short prologues to the Pauline Epistles. Modern chapters. At the end (f. 399 b) are the Interpretationes Hebraicorum Nominum [by Remigius of Auxerre]; followed (f. 431) by the colophon, 'Hunc librum scripsit Willelmus de Hales. magistro Thome de la Wile- quem uocauit magister Radulfus de Hehham tunc cancellarius Saris. buriensis ad regimen scolarum Sarisburiensium quibus deus in hoc seculo et in futuro propicietur Amen.

Factus fuit liber anno M.cc.l. quarto. ab incarnatione domini.'

Vellum; ff. 431. 12.1/4 in. x 8 in. A.D. 1254 (see above). Gatherings of 12 leaves, numbered, with catchwords. Finely written, in double columns. Sec. fol. '-sim uendicant'. Illuminated initials, very well executed, at the beginning of each book, in many cases (31 in all) containing small miniatures. Other initials in light blue, with red filigree work. For a facsimile (f. 84 b) see pl. 8. On f. 1 is an old press-mark (17th cent.), p. 33. From the Theyer library (sale-cat., no.42 ; CMA. 6462 ?). Collated for Wordsworth's edition of the Vulgate (referred to in App. Crit. as W); White-Scrivener's 2.