Underwriting:

Such identification as has been achieved is due to N R Ker, in ‘Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Transactions’, iii, 169 and what follows; and E A Lowe, ‘Codices Latini Antiquiares’, supplement. Ultra-violet photographs of folios 1 + 8, 4 + 5, 9 + 16, 28 + 31, 19 + 22, 3, 30 recto, and 26 + 33 are in MS.8494, folios 1-15.

Folios of the manuscripts (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) have generally been turned sideways and folded to form sheets of the new volume; those of (iii) have been re¬used in their original position; all have been trimmed as necessary.

(i) `De Trinitate` by Augustine (‘Patrologia Latina’, xlii.839 l.20-840, l.58), on folios 16 recto + 9 verso, 16 verso + 9 recto (folios 4 + 5, 28 + 31, probably 1 + 8, and possibly 2 + 7, and Adv.MS.18.6.12, folios 2 + 7, 34 + 35 are from the same manuscript but the text has not been identified). The hand is an Anglo-Saxon majuscule of the 8th century. ‘Codices Latini Antiquiares’ 1689. Pricking with a triangular awl preserved on the outer edge of the text-frame (it may also have been on the inner edge), Ruling not visible. 2 columns. 33 lines (31 survive). Width of column 100 millimetres (calculated written area 265 x 215 millimetres).

(ii) Passion of St Lawrence (‘Analecta Bollandiana’, li, 91 l.18-92 l.29), on folios 22 recto + 19 verso (folios 17 + 24, 25 + 34, and Adv.MS.18.6.12, folios 3 + 6, 4 + 5, 16 + 23, 17 + 22, 26 + 29 may be from the same manuscript). The hand is an Anglo-Saxon pointed minuscule of the first half of the 8th century. This is probably the oldest manuscript; it has several readings, mostly good, not cited by Delehaye; otherwise it agrees most often with C (Chartres, Bibl.Mun.MS.144, 10th century). ‘Codices Latini Antiquiares’ 1690. Pricking with a circular awl on outer and inner edges of the text-frame. Ruling not visible. 2 columns. 21 lines. Written area 228 x 172 millimetres (each column is 77 millimetres wide).

(iii) A service book, perhaps a missal, on folios 12 + 13, 23, 30 (possibly also folios 3, 6, 10 + 15, 14, 18, 20, and Adv.MS.18.6.12, folios 14, 24 + 31, 32, 33, 37). Written in Caroline minuscule, of the early 11th century.

(iv) ‘Homiliae in Evangelia’ by Gregory the Great (‘Patrologia Latina’, lxxvi.1300 l.56-1301 l.51), on folios 26 recto + 33 verso, 26 verso + 33 recto. The hand is an Anglo-Saxon minuscule of the late 8th century. ‘Codices Latini Antiquiares’ 1691. Pricking with a flat awl on outer and inner edges of the text-frame. Ruling not visible. 1 column. 23 lines. Written area 195 x 157 millimetres.

(v) Unidentified writing on folios 27, 32, and Adv.MS.18.6.12, folios 8 + 15, 9, 10 + 13, 11 + 12.



Upper writing:

(i) `Orationes in L.Catilinam`, 1-3, by Cicero. (Folio 1 verso.)

(ii) `In Ciceronem et inuicem inuectiuae` by Sallust. The text is of the β type, close to that of Cambridge, Trin.Coll.0.8.6, and British Library, Harl.MS.3859, both 5.xii and probably English. (Folio 28.)

(iii) Pseudo-Atticus. `Regula formatarum’. The title in the manuscript is ‘HΠ̄A ATISI HΠ̄I SΩANCTANTINΩAITANI ΦΩΡMATA SAΠ̄AΩ CLVIII’, i.e. `Ep(istol)a Attici Ep(iscop)i Constantinopolitani formata cap(itu)lo CLVIII` badly transliterated into Greek. Cap.12 differs widely from the printed version. (Folio 33 verso.)

Headings mostly in red and silver, that on folio 1 verso in red and green with a large foliate initial. Occasional words in the text are wholely or partly in red. Some initials and other letters are infilled with red and silver.