Beinecke MS 26 (olim Z109.071m)                                     France, s. XIII^^2
Petrus Comestor, Historia scholastica, etc.

     1. ff. 1r-247r    Incipit scolastica historia. Prefatio. Imperatorie
     maiestatis est in palatio tres habere mansiones. Auditorium uel
     consistorium in quo iura decernit...quinte ferie sollempnitas et
     processio translata est ad dominicam.

          Stegmueller, v. 4, nos. 6543-64; Beinecke MS 26 is listed in v. 4,
     p. 289.

     2. ff. 247r-279r    Incipit explanatio actuum apostolorum. Anno
     nonodecimo imperij tyberij cesaris adhuc procuratore iudee
     pilato...gladio enim perimebantur nobiles et in loco magis honorabili
     scilicet in catacumbis. Explicit ecclesiastica hystoria. f. 279v blank

          Stegmueller, v. 4, nos. 6865 and 6785; attributed to Petrus
     Pictaviensis.

          Parchment, ff. iv (paper) + 279 + ii (paper), 264 x 176 (189 x
     119) mm. Written in two columns of 38 lines; double vertical bounding
     lines and three lines between two columns; triple horizontal bounding
     lines with additional ruling in upper margin for running titles, full
     across. Ruled in ink or lead; prickings at top of folio.
          I-XXXIV^^8, XXXV^^8 (-8).
          Written in small neat gothic textura by two scribes. Scribe 1: ff.
     1r-214v; Scribe 2: ff. 214v (bottom of first column) -279r. Writing is
     above top line.
          Numerous calligraphic initials in red or blue with simple penwork
     designs of the same colors; some letters have green added as well.
     Running titles in red.
          Portions of the text are faded and difficult to read.
          Binding: s. xviii. Red goat-skin, gold-tooled. Two paper flyleaves
     inserted at beginning contain extracts from the library catalogue of
     the duc de la Valliere and from the Nouveau dictionnaire
     historique.

          Written in Southwestern France [or perhaps Spain?] in the second
     half of the 13th century; early provenance unknown. Belonged to the Duc
     de la Valliere (G. de Bure, Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de
     feu M. le duc de la Valliere, v. 1, [Paris, 1783] p. 29 no. 109 and
     Additions, p. 6); his sale to Jean-Baptiste L'Ecuy (not located in his
     sale catalogue, Paris, 8 Dec. 1834). Collection of M. F. Tomkinson
     (bookplate); his sale to Maggs (London, 4 July 1922, no. 1298; clipping
     inside front cover). Goldschmidt's Cat. 13, [n.d.], no. 48. Presented
     to Yale in 1928 by Frank Altschul.

     secundo folio: ita nox

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 1, p. 167, no. 26.

Barbara A. Shailor