Royal MS 13 C VII

1. FRECULPHUS, Bishop of Lisieux (d. 850), Chronicon, libb. i, ii; with prefatory letter (beg. 'Domino preceptori desideratisslmo Elisacharo Fredulphus (sic), &c.: Dum torpencia quorundam ingenia', introductory verses (beg. 'Te duce, Christe, via'), and table of chapters. Chronicle beg. 'Dum aliquam temporum seriem' (f. 2b). Printed by Migne, Patr. Lat. cvi. 917-972, but with a large lacuna covering the end of lib. i and beginning of lib. ii (ff. 8-11). f. 2.

2. Baeda, Historia Ecclesiastica, with preface and table of chapters (cf. 13 B. XVIII, art. 3). The last paragraph of the Preface, 'Practerea omnes . . . inueniam', is omitted in its proper place and inserted at the end of the work (cf ed. Plummer, i, p. 360, note 3). Colophon, 'Explicit hystoria Anglorum'. f. 19.

3. Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica, in the Latin version of Rufinus, including the two additional books of the latter (cf. 13 B. IV). At the beginning is a short additional prologue, beg. 'Eusebius Cesariensis clauis scripturarum' (from the treatise De luminaribus Ecclesiae, attributed to S. Jerome and Bede). f. 68. Vellum ; ff. 136. 121/2 in. x 83/4 in. Late XIV cent. Gatherings of 12 leaves (vi⁶, at end of art. 2, ix⁶), with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'renouamini'. Initials roughly flourished in red and blue. On f. 91 is a press-mark, m. 40, resembling in style that of 5 F. 1, and the inscription 'De dono reuerendi magistri provincialis fratris Roberti Yuory conuentus Londiniensis' (cf. 13 A. XVIII). Robert Ivory was Provincial of the Carmelites in England 1379-1392, and is said to have given many MSS. to the library of his order in London (Stevens, Ancient Abbies, &c., 1723, ii, p. 167). Not recognizable in the old catalogues.