Royal MS 4 B V

GOSPEL OF S. MARK, in Latin, of S. Jerome's version; with the Glossa Ordinaria and interlinear glosses. Preceded (f. 3) by a table of' capitula siue distinctiones', 14 in number, beg. 'De Iohanne baptista' (f. 2), and by the prologue 'Marcus euangelista Dei' (Berger, Prefaces, no. 225). The last leaf is cut out. Vellum; ff. 96. 11 1/8 in. x 7 3/4 in. XIII cent Written in England. Gatherings of 8 leaves, numbered at the end. Sec. fol. ' Marcus euangelista'. Ornamental initial in red and blue to the prologue, and a large illuminated I at the beginning of the Gospel (f. 5). On the fly-leaves are three erased notes of ownership (ff. i b, 96), and (ff. 96, 96 b) the names, as owners, of Thomas Hetersete (early 16th cent.) and ' Dom.' Thomas Charke (16th-17th cent.), together with that of ' Mr. Burton'(16th-I 7th cent.), and rough ink drawings of the (reputed) arms of Edward the Confessor impaling those of England, and a hart couchant, gorged with a crown and tethered. These were the arms and badge of Richard II, but the drawings are apparently later than his time. Belonged to John Theyer(monogram,and number 39, f. 1). Theyer sale-cat. no. 56; CMA. 6459.