James, M. R.; Hereford Cathedral / Library [Editor]; Bannister, Arthur Thomas [Oth.]: A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Hereford Cathedral library (Hereford: Wilson & Phillips, 1927)

P.2. X.]

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On second fly-leaf (in 13th century hand) :
Liber ecclesie cathedralis sancti Ethelberti, Hereford.
On first fly-leaf : precii Ills.
On fol 1 : lob glosat. precii Xs.
Collation :-l8 (1 and 8 blank) || I8—98 108 (6-8 blank).
Contents :—
(1) Prologue.
[10 pages : on a quire separate from the text, of which
the quires are numbered 1-9.]
Inc. Fluentia usibus hominum plumbi fistula ministrat.
Sic. . . .
Expl. Intencio est exponere nobis Job in exemplum
paciencie.
(2) Liber Job glossatus. fol. I.
Inc. (gios.) Materia hujus libri est ipse Job.

P.2, x. Vellum : 11| x 8 : fl. 60 : Cent. xii.
Old binding (repaired in 1897) with title on back :
Parabole 1
[-Salomonis.
Ecclesiast. J
Text in centre, 17 lines to the page, with notes on margins and
between the lines. No ornament: but a few initials in
red.
No marks of provenance. Perhaps from Cirencester; but
more probably a Cathedral book.
On the first fly-leaf are the following lines :—
Bisextum sexte Martis tenuere Kalende
Posteriore die celebratur festa Mathie.
Post Martis nonas ubi sic nova luna requires
Inde dies domini tercia pascha tenes.
Collation :-l8—68 76 86.
Contents :—
(1) Parabole Salomonis secundum Hebraicam veritatem
translate ab Eusebio leronimo presbitero, petente
Cromatio et Heliodoro episcopis.