Beinecke MS 316               Germany, s. XV^^ex
Arator; Sedulius

1.  ff.  1r-37r Incipit prefatio sancti Aratoris subdiaconi ad florianum
in opus sequens.  Qui meriti florem maturis sensibus ortum/ nominis ore
tui...Domino sancto ac beatissimo in toto orbe primo omnium sacerdotum
pape vigilio arator subdiaconus salutem.  Menibus vndosis bellorum incendia
cernens/ Pars ego tunc populi...[followed by table of contents for Books 1
and 2; text begins, f. 2v:]  Ut sceleris iudea sui [final s crossed out]
polluta cruore/ Ausa nephas compleuit opus/...Et tenet aeternam socialis
gratia palmam.  Finis libri secundi beati Aratoris subdyanconi in actus
apostolorum.

     Arator, De actibus apostolorum; A. P. McKinlay, ed., CSEL 72
(1951) pp. 1-149.

2.  f. 37r-v Hymnus Sedulij.  A solis ortus cardine ad vsque terre
limitem/ Christum canamus principem natum marie virginis/...Calcauit vnicus
dei seseque celis reddidit.  Finis hymni venerabilis Sedulij.

     Sedulius, Abecedarius de vita Christi (Hymnus II); J. Huemer, ed.,
CSEL 10 (1885) pp. 163-68.

     Paper (watermarks:  similar in design to Briquet Pot 12620-24), ff. 37,
199 x 143 (139 x 76) mm.  Written in 36 lines of verse; frame-ruled in lead;
remains of prickings in outer margin.
     I^^6, II^^8, III^^6, IV-V^^8 (+ 1 leaf added between 7 and 8 of final
quire).
     Written in a neat running script.
     Plain initials, heading, initial strokes, in red.
     Binding:  s. xix.  Blue paper wrapper with spine reinforced with
cloth.

Written in Germany at the end of the 15th century; early modern provenance
unknown. Unidentified notes include "37 feuillets" and "4709", in ink, and "A G" and
"10395", in pencil, all inside back cover; small round white label with "220",
in ink, upside down on back cover.  Presented to the Beinecke Library in 1964
by Thomas E. Marston (bookplate).

secundo folio:  de paralitico

Barbara A. Shailor