Beinecke MS 447               Spain, s. X^^1
Unidentified Theological Commentary (bifolium)

f. 1r text virtually illegible; f. 1v-2v  //similia de scribturis sacris dei
domino plurima inuenies dicta.  Iratus enim deus...[passage on f. 2r:] Duo
enim seruorum genera in scripturis inueniuntur diuinis.  Unum bonorum alium
uero malorum.  Bonorum de quibus dominus per esayam dicit:  Ecce serui mei
comedent et uos esurietis...[Isaiah 65.13-14].  Et quibus dominus in euangelio
ait; Euge serue bone et fidelis...[Matthew 25. 21 and 23].  Multorum autem
genus seruorum est de quibus scriptum est...[f. 2v much rubbed; conclusion:]
uitam eternam.  gaudium plenum et sempiternam.  Ubi est certa securitas
secura//

     Unidentified text that discusses the nature of man's hereditas
("christus est hereditas nostra") and the distinction between serui boni
and serui mali (perhaps referring to Luke 12:42?); text appears to be
continuous. P. Meyvaert believes that the text is by an author who knew Isidore
well, since Etymologiae 10. 131 is quoted.

     Parchment, ff. 2 (bifolium), 270 x 203 (222 x 140) mm., 2 columns, 30 lines.
Ruled in hard point on hair side; narrowly spaced double vertical bounding
lines; prickings between two columns.  Written in upright Visigothic minuscule
(see B. A. Shailor, "Corrections and Additions to the Catalogue of Visigothic
Manuscripts," Scriptorium 32 (1978) pp. 310-11).  Traces of small, 2-line,
decorative initial and rubric on f. 1r.  Removed from a binding:  ff. 1r and 2v
much damaged  with loss of text.

Written probably in Northern Spain in the first half of the 10th century.
"1612" and "Civ: 1612" written several times, s. xvii.  Belonged to
Mark Lansburgh (stamp in margin of f. 2v;
see his An Illustrated Check List of Manuscript Leaves in the Collection of
Mark Lansburgh [Santa Barbara, 1962] no. 4, pl. 4).  Purchased from
Goldschmidt's in 1964 with the Edwin J. and Frederick W. Beinecke Fund.

Bibliography:  T. E. Marston, "A Collection of Early Manuscript Leaves,"
Gazette 40 (1965) p. 9.

Barbara A. Shailor