Beinecke MS 154                                                England, s. XII^^2
Robert of Bridlington

     1. ff. 1r-50v     //Propter quod tradidit illos deus in
     desideria...Anselmus Item uindicta. Tradidit deus ideo
     dicit quia nichil absque eius permissione fit...per quod
     uernaculo hebreorum sermone uera et fidelia esse que scripta
     sunt ostendit. Explicit epistola ad Romanos.

         Robert of Bridlington, Catena on Romans, begins imperfectly
	at 1. 24; Stegmueller, v. 5, no. 7382; missing Romans 9.17-21 (and
     portions of 9.16, 22).

     2. ff. 51r-71v     Incipit epistola prima ad corinthios cuius
     argumentum. l. abbreuiatio talis est. Ieronimus. Corinthij
     sunt achaici. Et hij similiter ab apostolo sunt conuersi
     sed...id est confirmare que predicta sunt nisi intellexerit
     predicationem. Explicit epistola prima ad corinthios.

          Robert of Bridlington, Catena on 1 Corinthians;
     Stegmueller, v. 5, no. 7382, 1; missing 7.39-15.44.

     3. ff. 72r-96r    Incipit argumentum secunde epistole ad
     corinthios. Ieronimus. Post actam penitentiam scribit eis
     epistolam consolatoriam a troade...de meritis baptistarum
     inuidebant. Animositates habebant quando//

          Robert of Bridlington, Catena on 2 Corinthians;
     Stegmueller, v. 5, no. 7382, 2; ends abruptly at 12.20.

          Parchment, ff. ii (parchment) + i (paper: title page) +
     i (parchment) + 96 + i (parchment), 350 x 239 (268 x 181) mm.
     Written in two columns of 47 lines; widely spaced double
     upper and lower horizontal bounding lines, full across;
     double outer and single inner vertical bounding lines, with
     additional ruling between columns and at top of folio for
     running titles. Ruled in crayon; prickings prominent in all
     margins.
          I^^4 (-1, 2; beginning of text lost), II-IV^^8, V^^8 (-2),
     VI^^8, VII^^8 ( + 1 leaf after 7, f. 49), VIII-IX^^8, X^^8 (-1, 2,
     3, before f. 67), XI-XIII^^8 ( + 1 at end). Single signature
     (.I.) on f. 2v.
          Written in a neat gothic bookhand by three scribes.
     Scribe 1: ff. 1r-2v; 2: 3r-22v, 51r-71v; 3: ff. 22v-50v, 72r-
     96v.
          Large elegant initial, 26-line, in red penwork, on f.
     72r; smaller similar initial, 16-line, in green with red
     highlights, also on f. 72r; simple decorative letters, 14-
     and 6-line, green and red respectively, on f. 51r. Quotations
     from Bible and marginal notes referring to authors cited, in
     red. Modern illuminated title page inserted as f. iii:
     "Catena Commentariorum S. S. Patrum, in Epistolis ad Romanos
     et Corinthios. M. S. Saeculi XIV".
          Binding: s. xix. Pink calf with large bosses (different
     on upper and lower covers) and strap-and-pin fastening.
     Blind-tooled.

          Written in England in the second half of the 12th
     century; early provenance unknown. Inscription of the 18th
     century [?] on f. 25v: "Alexr Campbell Bookseller Carlisle".
     Bequeathed in 1896 by Adam Watters "Merchant Grocer" of
     Quebec to his son, Frank S. Watters (autograph note of the
     latter in library files). Purchased by Henry Fletcher from
     Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles; his gift to Yale in 1950.

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 2, p. 1670, no. 1; Faye and Bond,
     p. 36, no. 154.

     Barbara A. Shailor