Royal MS 4 E IV

ZACHARIAS CHRYSOPOLITANUS, Explanatio in Unum ex Quatuor, seu Concordia Evangelistarum (Cf. 3 C. VII). The arrangement of the present copy is as follows : (a) Capitula of the four Gospels, giving their first words, with the numbers of their Eusebian canons and sections, and the number of the section of the present work in which they are placed, with notes on the authenticity of certain sections, derived from S. Jerome, inserted in red in a few places; preceded by a short explanatory paragraph, beg. 'Numeri coloris rubei qui hic capitulis preponuntur' (f. 2b); (b) tables of Eusebian canons, preceded by an explanatory paragraph, beg. 'Presens figura uariis distincta est tabulis' (f. 7 b) ; (c) note on the canons, beg. 'Ex ordine librorum quattuor', cf 4 D. xii, f. 9 (f. 10); (d) the first preface (elsewhere called the 'preseries') of Zacharias Chrysopolitanus, beg. 'De excellentia euangelii et differentia ipsius' (f. 11); (e) the second preface, beg. 'Matheus cognomento Leui' (f. 18b); (f) the third preface, beg. 'Unum ex quattuor euangelistarum dictis' (f. 19); (g) capitula of the first book (f. 19 b); (h) note on the arrangement of the work, beg. 'Notum facimus lectori' (f. 20); (i) the text of the work itself, beginning with the prologue of Luke (f. 20 b); (k) 'interpretationes nominum in euangelio', beg. 'Abraham, pater uidens populum' (f. 201); (1) note on the text followed, both in the text of the concordance and in the commentary (in Migne prefixed to the capitula as 'admonitio lectori'), beg. 'Sicut ex creaturis' (f. 203); (m) note on the date of the Passion (cf. 4 D. xii, f. 206b), beg. 'Remigius in Matheum' (ib.). Explicit (f. 201) as in 4 D. xii. On a fly-leaf (f. 1) is a transcript of the letter of Pope Gregory IX to the archbishops, bishops, &c., of England, conceding to them the right of filling benefices now held by Italians, as they fall vacant, beg. 'Ecclesiarum indempnitatibus'; Lateran, xv Kal. Maii, anno pontificatus iv [17 April, 1230]. Printed in Wilkins, Concilia, i, p. 629. Vellum; ff. 203. 1 ft. 41 in. x 11.3/4 in. XII cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves (xxii10), numbered at the end, with catchwords. Sec. fol. Iohannes'. Handsomely written, with good foliated initials on ff. ii and 20. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 910' (in cat. of 1542, Add. MS. 25469, f. 36). Probably one of the copies named in cat. of 1666 and CMA.