Royal MS 2 D XXXVIII

PROVERBS (f. 3), Ecclesiastes (f. 54), and the Song of Solomon (f. 65), in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; accompanied by a marginal and interlinear gloss, which in the first two books is substantially identical with the Glossa Ordinaria, but in the third differs almost wholly from it, being largely drawn from S. Ambrose. At the end (ff. 95,96) are placed Jerome's prologue to the books of Solomon ('Iungat epistola quos iunxit sacerdotium'), the prologue ('Memini me hoc ferme quinquennio') and first section ('Tribus nominibus vocatum fuisse Salomonem') of his commentary on Ecclesiastes (Migne, Patr. xxiii. 1009, 1011), and capitula to the book of Proverbs. These leaves should no doubt have been placed at the beginning of the volume. Vellum; ff. 96. 10 in. x 63 in. Early XIII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, numbered at the end. Sec. fol. 'sanguinem. Frustra.' On f. 1 is an entry referring to the court of Bynham [Binham, co. Norfolk]. Old Royal press-mark no. 513' (in cat. of 1542) probably cat. of 1666, f. 6 b, and CMA. 7756.