Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Hrabanus Maurus, Commentariorum in Matthaeum
libri octo (Commentary on Matthew in eight books), preceded by a
prologue (ff. 1r-v) and capitula (ff. 1v-2v), beginning of the
Prologue: 'Memor itaque illi precepti quod per vas sibi aptum olim
sapientia protulit'. ff. 3r-157v: Hrabanus Maurus, Commentariorum
in Matthaeum libri octo , Book 1 (ff. 3r-23v) preceded by a
prologue (f. 3r), beginning: 'In Evangelium Beati Mathei opportunum
esse iudicavi'; Book 2 (ff. 23v-46v), beginning: 'Postquam ergo
Matheus evvangelista (sic) de quadraginta dierum ieiunio'; Book 3
(ff. 46v-65r), beginning: 'Finitis ergo sermonibus quibus Salvator
in monte docuit'; Book 4 (ff. 65r-80r), beginning: 'Cum autem
sermones Domini de convocatione apostolorum'; Book 5 (ff. 80r-99v),
beginning: 'Et factum est cum consummasset Ihesus sermones istos
vel parabolas istas'; Book 6 (ff. 99v-117r): 'Explicatis ergo
sermonibus Domini quos in Galilaea post expetitum ab eo tributum ad
apostolos de innocentia et humilitate ipse Salvator habuerat'; Book
7 (ff. 117r-135r), beginning: 'Scribis et Phariseis atque Saduceis
temptatoribus Christi'; Book 8 (ff. 135r-157v), beginning: 'Quoniam
tractatus Sancti Evangeli secundum Matheum a principio usque ad
passionem Domini in septem libris'. Decoration:Spaces reserved for
the initials to the prologue and to the beginning of books 1-3 and
8 (ff. 3r, 23v, 46v, 135r). Added large initial of f. 1r late 15th
century.Large and smaller initials in green, red or light brown,
occasionally with a reserved line, often with some penwork
decoration including arabesque motifs in the same and/or one or two
other colour(s). Display script in red, in light brown or in dark
brown, for letters following large initials. Rubrics in red.Quire
signatures; remains of leaf marks. Drawing of a head in crayon or
plummet in the lower margins of ff. 23r, 24r.
