Royal MS 4 D IX

'POSTILLA super euangelia dominicalia, edita a fratre Philippo de Ianua [? Philip of Genoa, who lectured on the Decretals at Bologna in I402, cf. Mazzetti, Repertorio di tutti i professori ... della Università di Bologna, 1847, p. 1271 ordinis fratrum minorum, tunc lectore in Padua': a commentary on the Gospel lections, but containing only the first part of the work, from Advent to Easter. Prologue beg. 'Ruth colligebat spicas'; commentary, 'Erunt signa in sole, &c. : Sciendum quod duo sunt inter alia'. Followed by (a) 'tituli euangeliorum, a table of Sundays with the first words of the gospel (f. 203); (b) an alphabetical subject-index to the whole work, composed by the author himself (f. 203 b) ; (c) a list of the headings of this subject-index(f. 233 b). Vellum; ff. 235. 1 ft. 3 in. x 10.1/4 in. XV cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves, with catchwords, lettered and numbered on the first six leaves of each sheet. Double columns. Sec. fol. '-centibus i. aridis'. Illuminated initial, in English style, at the beginning; chapter-initials flourished in red and blue. Theyer monogram on f. i. Theyer sale-cat. no. 7 ; CMA. 6546.