Identifier:

170/348.

Scope and content:

1) f. 1r-v: List of epistle and gospel lections of the temporale, use of Rome, In quattuor temporibus (?) dicitur feria IIII. Ysa. ii.a. Erit in novissimis fi. dei nostri . . . [Sabbato post Dom. XIX post Pentec.: Luc.] xiii.b. Arborem fisci fi. ab eo. [Added by a small contemporary semi-cursive gothic hand; the text is continued on f. 387r-v.].

2) ff. 2-286: Old Testament, ff. 2-3v Epistola s. Ieronimi presbiteri ad Paulinum presbiterum de omnibus divine historic libris [Stegmüller 284]; ff. 3v-4 Prologus s. Ieronimi in libro Genesis [Stegmüller 285]; ff. 4-17v Liber Genesis qui dicitur hebrayce Bresith [Stegmüller 1 ]; ff. 17v-29v Liber Exodi [Stegmüller 2]; ff. 29v-37v Liber Uaietra quod nos Leviticum dicimus [Stegmüller 3]; ff. 37v-49v Liber Numeri [Stegmüller 4]; ff. 49v-60 Liber Deuteronomii [Stegmüller 5]; f. 60 Prefatio Ihesu Nave [Stegmüller 311]; ff. 60-67 Liber Iosue [Stegmüller 6]; ff. 67-74v Liber Iudicum [Stegmüller 7]; ff. 74v-75v Liber Ruth [Stegmüller 8]; ff. 75v-76 Prefatio in libro Regum [Stegmüller 323]; ff. 76-85 Liber Regum primus [Stegmüller 9]; ff. 85-93v Liber Regum secundus [Stegmüller 10]; ff. 93v-103v Malachim I, Regum liber tercius [Stegmüller 11]; ff. 103v-112 Liber Regum quartus [Stegmüller 12]; f. 112r-v Heli sacerdos iudicavit Israel annis XL, Samuel propheta iudicavit Israel annis XL, Saul rex regnavit super Israel annis XL . . . Heliachim qui et Ioachim annis XI, Ioachim filius eius regnavit in Iherusalem tribus mensibus et decem diebus, Sedecias frater eius regnavit in Iherusalem annis XI [cf. Stegmüller 317]; f. 112v Prologus Iheronimi in Paralipomenon, Paralipomenon liber instrumenti veteris . . . innumerabilies explicantur evangelii questiones. Paralipomenon ergo dicitur quod nos pretermissorum vel reliquorum dicere possumus . . . summatim ac breviter explicantur [Stegmüller 326 + ?]; f. 112v Prologus in libro Paralipomenon secundo [Stegmüller 327]; ff. 112v-113 Prologus in libro Paralipomenon [Stegmüller 328]; ff. 113-120v Liber Paralipomenon [primus] [Stegmüller 13]; ff. 120v-130v Liber Paralipomenon secundus, with Oratio Manasse [Stegmüller 14 + 93.2]; f. 130v Prologus in libro Hesdre. [Stegmüller 330]; ff. 130v-133v Liber Hesdre primus [Stegmüller 15]; ff. 133v-137v Liber Neemie prophete [Stegmüller 16]; ff. 137v-142 Liber Hesdre secundus [III Esdr., apocr.: Stegmüller 94.1]; f. 142r-v [IV Esdr. 1-2] Liber Esdre prophete secundus filii Sarei . . .mirabilia domini Dei vidisti [Stegmüuller 96]; f. 142v Prologus in libro Thobie [Stegmüller 332]; ff. 142v-145v Liber Thobie [Stegmüller 17]; f. 145v Prologus in libro Iudith [Stegmüller 335]; ff. 145v-149 Liber Iudith [Stegmüller 18]; f. 149 Prologus in librum Hester [Stegmüller 341 + 343]; f. 149 Item alivs prologus [Stegmüller 337]; ff. 149-152v Liber Hester [Stegmüller 19]; ff. 152v-153 Prologus in libro Iob Ieronimi presbiteri [Stegmüller 344]; f. 153 Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 357]; ff. 153-160 Liber Iab [Stegmüller 20]; ff. 160-161v Prologus super Psalterium [Peter Lombard, PL 191.55-62); ff. 161v-178 Liber Ymnorum vel soliloquiorum prophete David [Stegmüller 21]; f. 178r-v Prologus in Parabolis Salomonis [Stegmüller 457]; ff. 178v-184 Liber Proverbiorum [Stegmüller 22]; f. 184r-v Prologus in libro Ecclesiastes [Stegmüller 462]; ff. 184v-186v Liber Ecclesiastes [Stegmüller 23]; ff. 186v-187v Cantica canticorum, quod hebrayce dicitur Sirasirim, que sunt meliora meliorum. Vox iudaice multitudinis ante dispersionem converse ab apostolos ad ipsos apostolos loquentis [Stegmüller 24]; f. 187v Prologus in librum Sapientie [Stegmüller 468]; ff. 187v-192 Liber Sapientie [Stegmüller 25]; ff. 192-203 Prologus libri Ihesu filii Sirach and Liber Ecclesiasticus [Stegmüller 26]; f. 203r-v Prologus s. Iheronimi in Ysaiam prophetam [Stegmüller 482]; f. 203v [Prologus in Is] Isayas filius Amos . . . mole ostructa terre exposue[rat] [Isidore De ortu et obitu patrum 37.69-72, PL 83.141-142]; ff. 203v-217 Liber Ysaye prophete [Stegmüller 27]; f. 217 Prologus in librum Iheremie prophete [Stegmüller 487]; f. 217 [Prologus in Ier], Iheremias propheta excelsus simplex in loquendo et ad intelligendum . . . postquam eversam Iherusalem in Egipto cum populo fuit; f. 217 [Prologus in ler.], Iheremias ex tribu sacerdotali ortus . . . insigni cuhu hactenus venerantur [Isidore De ortu 38.73-74, PL 83.142-143]; ff. 217-232v Liber Iheremie prophete [Stegmüller 28]; ff. 232v-234 Lamentatio Iheremie prophete quod est in titulo Timoth cum absolutione literarum ebrearum and Oratio Iheremie prophete [Stegmüller 29]; f. 234 Prologus in libra Baruch [Stegmüller 491]; ff. 234-236 Liber Baruch [Stegmüller 30]; f. 236 Prologus in librum Ezechiel prophete [Stegmüller 492]; f. 236r-v [Prologus in Ezech.], Ezechiel qui in latinum vertitur fortitudo Dei . . . prophetavit ibique vaticinium conservavit; f. 236v Prologus in librum Ezechiel prophete [Isidore De ortu 39.75, PL 83.143]; ff. 236v-250v Liber Ezechielis prophete [Stegmüller 31]; ff. 250v-251 Prologus in librum Danielis prophete [Stegmüller 494]; f. 251 Item alius prologus, Daniel qui interpretatur iudicium Dei qui etiam de Christo . . . Daniel in Babilonem quando et Ezechiel; f. 251 Item alius prologus [Isidore De ortu 40.76-78, PL 83.143-144]; ff. 251-257 Liber Daniel prophete, . . et devorati sunt in momento coram eo [Dan, 14.41; Stegmüller 32]; ff. 257 Prologus Osee prophete [Stegmüller 500]; f. 257r-v Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 507]; ff. 257v-259v Liber Osee prophete [Stegmüller 33]; f. 259v Prologus in libra Iohel prophete [Stegmüller 511];f. 259v Item alius prologus, Ioel propheta qui interpretatur incipiens iste ad Iudam tantum . . . Ioathan rege Iudae quando et Micheas; f. 259v Item alius prologus, Iohel filius Phatuel de tribu Ruben natus in agro Betheron describit terram . . . scienciam Dei habuerit apertam recte incipit prophetare [Stegmüller 509 + 510]; ff. 259v-260v Liber Ioel prophete [Stegmüller 34] f. 260v Prologus Amos prophete [Stegmüller 515]; f. 260v Item alius prologus, Amos qui interpretatur honus vaticinavit in Samaria . . . sub rege Ozia eo tempore quo Osee vel Ysaias; f. 260v Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 512 + Isidore De ortu 43.81-82, PL 83.144]; ff. 260v-252 Liber Amos prophete [Stegmüller 35]; f. 262 Prologus Abdie prophete [Stegmüller 519 + 517]; f. 262 [Prologus in Abd.], Abdias idem servus domini inter omnes prophetas brevior . . . regem Iude quando et Micheas; f. 262r-v [Prologus in Abd.; Stegmüller 518]; f. 262v Abdias propheta [Stegmüller 36]; f. 262v Prologus Ione prophete [Stegmüller 524]; f. 262v Item alius prologus, Ionas qui interpretatur columba tam sermone quam naufragio . . . et Osee et Amos et Ysaias prophetaverunt; ff. 262v-263 Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 522]; f. 263 Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 521]; f. 263r-v Ionas propheta [Stegmüller 37]; f. 263v Prologus Michee [Stegmüller 526 + 525]; 263v [Prologus in Mich.], Micheas propheta contaminatur Samarie terram domini . . . et sub Ioathan quando et Ezechias; ff. 263v-264v Micheas propheta [Stegmüller 38]; ff. 264v-265 Prologus in librum Naum prophete [Stegmüller 528]; f. 265 [Prologus in Naum], Naum qui est consolator simulacra gentium . . . idest salvatoris adventum proclamat; f. 265r-v Liber Naum prophete [Stegmüller 39]; f. 265v Prologus in libro Abachuc prophete [Stegmüller 531]; f. 265v Item alius prologus, Abachuc amplexans sive luctator . . . adventum et passionum salvatoris; ff. 265v-266v Abachuc propheta [Stegmüller 40]; f, 266v Prologus Sophonie prophete [Stegmüller 534]; f. 266v Item alius prologus, Sophonias speculator misteriorum domini . . . prophetavit sub Iosiam quando et Iheremias; f. 266v Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 532 + Isidore De ortu 49.89, PL 83.145]; ff. 266v-267 Sophonias propheta [Stegmüller 41]; f. 267r-v Prologus Aggei prophete [Stegmüller 538]; f. 267v Item alius prologus, Aegeus [sic] qui interpretatur sollepnis hic in vaticinii sui textu . . . Zachariam suo vaticinio precedens. Natus est ipse Aggeus in Babilonia . . . gloriose sepultus quiescit [? + Stegmüller 537]; ff. 267v-268 Liber Aggeu prophete [Stegmüller 42]; f. 268 Prologus Zacharie prophete [Stegmüller 539]; f. 268 Item alius prologus, Zacharias qui nominatur memoria domini postquam . . . desolationis templi et captivitatis populi; ff. 268-270v Zacharias propheta [Stegmüller 43]; f. 270v Prologus in librum Malachie prophete [Stegmüller 543]; f. 270v Item alius prologus, Malachias propheta qui interpretatur angelus domini in principio vaticinii ... in Babilone quando Aggeus et Zacharias; f. 270v Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 544 + 546, with variations]; ff. 270v-271v Liber Malachie prophete [Stegmüller 44]; f. 271v [Prologus in Machab] [Stegmüller 552]; ff. 271v-280 Liber Machabeorum primus [Stegmüller 45]; ff. 280-286 Liber Machabeorum secundus [Stegmüller 46].

3) ff. 286-354 bis: New Testament, f. 286 Prologus primus super Matheum [Stegmüller 589]; f. 286r-v Secundus prologus super Matheum [Stegmüller 590]; ff. 286v-295 Matheus evangelista [Stegmüller 47]; f. 295 Prologus Marchi evangeliste [Stegmüller 607]; ff. 295-300v Liber Marchi evangeliste [Stegmüller 48]; f. 300v Prologus in libro Luce evangeliste [Stegmüller 620]; ff. 300v-309v [Luc.], Quoniam quidem multi . . . eruditus es veritate. Incipit liber Luce evangeliste Fuit in diebus Herodis . . , [Stegmüller 49]; f. 310 Prologus Iohannis evangeliste [Stegmüller 624]; ff. 310-317 Liber Iohannis evangeliste [Stegmüller 50]; f. 317 [Prologus in Pauli ep. ad Rom.; Stegmüller 670]; f. 317r-v Prefatio s. Iheronimi, Primum quidem intelligere nos oportet quibus aut qualibet . . . scripsisse, maxime cum nobis in his precepta et exempla videndi plenissime sint digesta. Sed initio nascentis ecclesie novis causis existentibus etiam post Romanis qui ex Iudeis et gentibus ... ad pacem et concordiam cohortatur [? + Stegmüller 674]; f. 317v Argumentum [Stegmüller 677 + 664]; ff. 317v-321 Epistola Pauli apostoli ad Romanos [Stegmüller 52]; f. 32] Argumentum Ieronimi [in I Cor.; Stegmüller 685]; ff. 321-324 Epistola prima ad Corinthios [Stegmüller 53]; f. 324 Argumentum [in II Cor.; Stegmüller 699]; ff. 324-326v Epistola secunda ad Chorintios [Stegmüller 54]; f. 326v Argumentum [in Gal.; Stegmüller 707]; ff. 326v-327v Epistola ad Galathas [Stegmüller 55]; f. 327v Argumentum [in Ephes; Stegmüller 715]; if. 327v-329 Epistola ad Ephesios [Stegmüller 56]; f. 329 Argumentum [in Philipp.; Stegmüller 728]; f. 329r-v Epistola ad Philippenses [Stegmüller 57]; ff. 329v-330 Argumentum [in Col.; Stegmüller 736]; f. 330r-v Epistola ad Colossenses [Stegmüller 58]; f. 330v Argumentum [in I Thess.; Stegmüller 747]; ff. 330v-331v Epistola prima ad Thessalonicenses [Stegmüller 59]; f. 331v Argumentum [in II Thess.; Stegmüller 752]; ff. 331v-332 Epistola secunda ad Thessalonicenses [Stegmüller 60]; f. 332 Argumentum [in I Tim.; Stegmüller 765]; ff. 332-333 Epistola I^a ad Timotheum [Stegmüller 61]; f. 333 Item prologus [in II Tim., Stegmüller 772]; f. 333r-v Epistola II ad Timotheum [Stegmüller 62]; f. 333v Argumentum [in Tit.; Stegmüller 780]; ff. 333v-334 Epistola ad Titum [Stegmüller 63]; f. 334 Argumentum [in Philem., Stegmüller 783]; f. 334 Epistola ad Philo [sic, for Philemonem , Stegmüller 64]; f. 334 Prologus in epistola ad Hebreos [Stegmüller 793]; ff. 334-337 Epistola ad Hebreos [Stegmüller 65]; f. 337 Prologus in Actibus apostolorum [Stegmüller 640]; f. 337 Item alius prologus [Stegmüller 639]; ff. 337-346 Liber Actuum apostolorum [Stegmüller 51]; f. 346 [Prologus in VII epist. canon.; Stegmüller 807, with variants]; f. 346 Prologus in Epistola Iacobi [Stegmüller 809 + 806]; ff. 346-347 Epistola Iacobi apostoli [Stegmüller 66]; f. 347 Prologus [in I Petr; Stegmüller 815]; ff. 347-348 Epistola prima Petri [Stegmüller 67]; f. 348 Prologus [in II Petr; Stegmüller 818]; f. 348r-v Epistola II Petri [Stegmüller 68]; f. 348v Prologus [in I Ioh.; Stegmüller 822]; ff. 348v-349v Epistola prima Iohannis [Stegmüller 69]; f. 349v Prologus [in II Ioh.; Stegmüller 823]; ff. 349v-350 Epistola secunda Iohannis [Stegmüller 70]; f. 350 Prologus [in III Ioh.; Stegmüller 824]; f. 350 Epistola III Iohannis [Stegmüller 71]; f. 350 Prologus [in Iudae; Stegmüller 825]; f. 350 Epistola Iude [Stegmüller 72]; f. 350r-v Prologus in libro Apocalipsis [Stegmüller 839]; ff. 350v-354bis Liber Apocalipsis [Stegmüller 73]; f. 354bis^v blank; the outer column, excised, was probably blank.

4) ff. 355-383v: [Stephen Langton, Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum] Aaz apprehendens vel apprehensio. Aad testificans vel testimonium . . . Zusithidis consilium vel consiliatrix. Zuzym consiliantes eos vel consiliatores eorum. Expliciunt interpretationes [Stegmüller 7709].

5) ff. 383v-386v: [Summa contra hereticos et manicheos de articulis et sacramentis ecclesie, pts. 1 and 2, added by a thirteenth-century gothic bookhand] I°quod pater et filius et spiritus sanctus una substancia et unus Deus . . . f. 385 Incipit campilatio auctoritatum de sacramentis ecclesie contra hereticos manicheos . . . Explicit summa breviata contra manicheos paterinos et contra passaginos et circumcisos et contra multos alios hereticos qui nituntur subvertere veritatem quorum dampnatio iam olim non cessat et eorum perditio non dormitat de qua dampnatione ille custodiat suos qui ad dexteram maiestatis residet in excelsis super novem ordines angelorum [concluding with 19 additional topics ff. 385v-386v:] Probatio quod unus est Deus ... sic nos existimet homo ut ministros Christi.

Concerning this work see Laura Light, “The New Thirteenth-Century Bible and the Challenge of Heresy,” Viator 18 (1987) 275-288; excerpts and a list of manuscripts, 287.

6) f. 386v: [List of epistle and gospel lections of the temporale for feasts only] Dominica I ^a in adventu. Ro. xii [= xiii]. Scientes quia. Matthew xxi. Cum appropinquasset Ihesus . . . Dominica XXIIII [post oct. Pentec.] Colo. i. Non cessamus pro vobis. Matthew ix. Loquente Ihesus ad turbas. Dominica XXV, Ier. xxiii [.b. , added]. Ecce dies ve(nit). Ioh. vi [.b., added]. Cum sublevasset oculos [added by a graceful thirteenth-century gothic bookhand].

The readings agree with the Roman use, except the first reading for the last Sunday of the year; on the back pastedown a nineteenth- or twentieth-century hand notes: “The lectionary on the last leaf but one does not agree with Rome or Paris, but was common elsewhere both in France and England.”

7) f. 387r-v: [Following from f. 1v, a list of epistle and gospel lections for the sanctorale] In vigilia sancti Andree apostoli. Eccli. xliiii.g. Benediccio Dei . . . [In natale unius virginis] Matthew xxv.a. Simili est regnum celorum fi. neque horam [added by the hand of f. 1r-v].

Acquisition information:

Written in Spain in the middle of the thirteenth century. In the possession of a Dominican convent or friar before the end of the century; front pastedown top, half cropped, “. . . -ia ordinis predicatorum.” In England before the fourteenth century; English hands on ff. 1r-v, 387r-v, front pastedown. On f. 386 lower margin, erased note of accounts in fourteenth-century anglicana, “... sol[idos] . . . sol[idos] . . . Ego frater . . . sororem . . . sorores. ...” On f. 1v top, an erased note. Paper label “11” on the spine. Belonged to Isaac Foot; his bookplate, f. 1v. Came to UCLA with the Foot Collection (see above, p.39) in 1960.

Physical description:

Parchment, ff. i + 387 + i; 175 × 120 (122 × 77) mm. i (pastedown + flyleaf, numbered f. 1) 1-21 22 (-18b) 23 24 (+1) ii (back flyleaf, numbered f. 387 + pastedown; foliation includes f. 113bis and the halfsheet f. 354bis). No catchwords; quires 23 and 24 signed xxiii, xxiiii in leadpoint. 2 columns (ff. 355-383v 3 columns) of 52 lines; ruled in leadpoint, with double lines in the upper margin for running titles. Written in a small skilled calligraphic gothic bookhand (littera textualis); ink varies from dark brown to olive brown. The additions are principally in a smaller and more current littera textualis, in 3 columns: ff. 1r-v/387r-v, of 67/77 lines, probably an English hand; ff. 383v-386v, 71 lines, ruled in leadpoint; and f. 386vb-vc, in a littera textualis formata, ca. 60 lines. On f. 4 (Genesis), a 28-line historiated initial, with Christ in majesty, and with floral and zoomorphic patterns on pink and blue backgrounds, extending to the upper and lower margins; on f. 161v (Psalms), a 10-line initial in blue highlighted in white on an ocher background, inhabited by seated David playing the harp; on f. 260v (Amos), a 9-line initial in blue highlighted in white on an ocher background, inhabited by a fantastic bird on floral patterns; initials of books, ranging from 7-line to 20-line, in red and blue, or blue only, on red and blue penwork with marginal extensions, at times with white zoomorphic motifs, at times on an ocher background; 2-line chapter initials alternately red and blue on blue and red penwork; titles in red minuscule; marginal chapter numbers in red and blue (in the chapter division attributed to Stephen Langton); running titles in gothic majuscule alternately red and blue. Many marginal cross-references by the hand of ff. 1r-v, 387r-v, which always indicates biblical texts by book, chapter, and a-g subdivision; the same hand wrote in the margins of the New Testament to mark the beginning of the readings for Sunday masses; sporadic marginalia by other readers; on the front pastedown, a list of Old Testament canticles in a thirteenth- or fourteenth-century English semi-cursive gothic hand, a list of the books of the Bible in a thirteenth-century English chancery hand. Many of the leaves are water-stained.

Rebound; remains of fifteenth-century blind stamped leather laid down over wooden boards; traces of chain- or clasp-marks, front top and bottom center.

Note:

Secundo folio: plagis est decalogo

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