Royal MS 2 F XII

MINOR PROPHETS, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version;, with a marginal gloss. Jerome's prologue to the Minor Prophets and the usual prologue to Hosea are written as part of the main text, the other prologues as part of the gloss. Cf. 2 E. iv and xi. In the note of possession by Rochester Priory (f. 1) the authorship of the gloss is ascribed to Richard de Gravesend, Bishop of Lincoln 1258-1279 ('In libro isto continentur duodecim prophete Glosate per magistrum Ricardum de Grauesende, Lincolniensem episcopum. De claustro Roffensi'); but the gloss is identical with that contained in 2 E. iv and xi, and there is no record of Richard de Gravesend having composed any such work. Probably the words 'per magistrum', &c., should have been written after 'De claustro Roffensi', indicating (after the form usual in Rochester books) the name of the donor. Vellum; ff. 114. 14 1/4 in. x 10 1/4 in. XIII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves,numbered at the end,generally with catchwords. Sec.fol. 'Beeri in diebus'. Initials flourished in red and blue at the beginning of each book; a small miniature of the marriage of Hosea in an initial on f. 1 b. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 909' (in cat. of 1542, Add. MS. 25469,f. 36); cat of 1666, f. 6; CMA. 7759.