Royal MS 3 B XI

'EXCERPTUM ejusdam in psalterium ex dictis sanctorum' : a commentary on the Psalms, excerpted (according to the author's own statement in his prologue) from Augustine, Ivo, Anselm, Monogaldus, and Serlo; consequently not earlier than the latter half of the 12th century. Prologue beg. 'A quibusdam fratrum diu rogitatus' (f. 1 b); commentary, 'Apud Hebreos opus istud intitulatur liber ymnorum' (f. 2). Attri buted in an early note on f. 2 to Richard de S. Victore ('ut creditur'), whose date is suitable (d. 1173), but the commentary is quite unlike that attributed to him in his printed works. According to Bale (Script. Catal., p. 218) and Tanner (Bibl. Brit. Hib., p. 657) a commentary on the Psalms by Robert, Prior of Bridlington, began in

the same way; but a copy of his work in Laud MS. Mise. 454 in the Bodleian Library begins differently. At the end is a table of virtues and vices (f. 249 b), and a scala humilitatis et superbie' (f. 250).

Vellum; ff. 250. 11.3/4 in. x 8.1/2 in. Late XII or early XIII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, numbered at the end. Double columns. Sec. fol. 'Apud Hebreos'. Coloured initials. Belonged to Ramsey Abbey, 'Liber monasterii Rameseye' (f. 1 b). Old Royal pressmark 'no. 1389'; cat. of 1666, f. 3 b; CMA. 8025.