This is one of the six extant copies of the thorough critical
revision of St Jerome’s text of the Vulgate carried out around
the year 800 by Theodulf (d. 821), bishop of Orléans and abbot of
Fleury (c. 798-818). Arranged in three columns and written in a
small hand more often used for glossing. Imperfect, wanting much of
Genesis, the Minor Prophets, the Catholic Epistles, and all of the
Acts and Book of Revelation. The manuscript is closely related to
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 9380; Le Puy,
Cathédrale, s.n., and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France,
lat. 11937 (Mostert, 'Library of Fleury' (1989), p.
105).Contents:f. 1r: Genesis, imperfect. Incipit: ‘in consilio
eorum non veniat’ [49:6]. Explicit: ‘Explicit lib(er) Bresit id
est genesis’.ff. 1r-9r: Exodus, with capitula.ff. 9r-15v:
Leviticus, with capitula.ff. 15v-24r: Numbers, with capitula. ff.
24r-31v: Deuteronomy, with capitula.ff. 31v-32r: St Jerome,
prologue to Joshua. Heading: ‘Incipit secundus ordo
prophetarum’.ff. 32r-36v: Joshua, with capitula.ff. 36v-42r:
Judges, with capitula.ff. 42r-42v: Ruth. ff. 42v-43r: St Jerome,
prologue to 1 Samuel. ff. 43r-56r: 1-2 Samuel, with capitula.ff.
56r-70v: 1-2 Kings, with capitula.ff. 70v-71r: St Jerome, prologue
to Isaiah. ff. 71r-81v: Isaiah.f. 81v: St Jerome, prologue to
Jeremiah.ff. 81v-95r: Jeremiah, with Baruch 1-5. [Incipit in
different/later hand: ‘hic legitur dominica ante palmas’.]ff.
95r-95v: Epistle of Jeremiah (Baruch 6).ff. 95v-97r:
Lamentations.ff. 97r: St Jerome, prologue to Ezeckiel.ff. 97r-108r:
Ezeckiel.f. 108r: St Jerome, prologue to Hosea.ff. 108r-108v:
Hosea. Imperfect: missing folios at the end. Explicit: ‘civitas
operantium idolum subplantata’ (Hosea 6:8).ff. 109r: St Jerome,
prologue to Job.ff. f. 109r-115r: Job, in verse lines.ff.
115r-115v: Pseudo-Jerome, prologue to Psalms. Incipit: ‘In hebreo
libro psalmorum’.ff. 115v-131r: Psalms, iuxta Hebraeos. ff.
131r-131v: St Jerome, extract from commentary on Ecclesiastes as
preface for Proverbs. Rubric: ‘Incipit praefatio in
Salomone(m)’. Incipit: ‘Tribus nominibus vocatum fuisse
Salomonem’.ff. 131v-136v: Proverbs.ff. 136v-138v: Ecclesiastes.
ff. 138v-139v: Song of Songs.f. 139v: St Jerome, prologue to
Daniel.f. 139v: Pseudo-Jerome, another prologue to Daniel. Incipit:
‘Danihel interpretatur iudiciu(m) d(e)i’.ff. 139v-144r: Daniel.
f. 144v: St Jerome, prologue to 1-2 Paralipomenon. Incipit: ‘Si
septuaginta interpraetum’.f. 144v: Another prologue to 1-2
Paralipomenon. Rubric: ‘Item alia praefatia’. Incipit:
‘Eusebius Hieronimus domnioni et rogatiano’.ff. 144v-157v: 1-2
Chronicles.ff. 157v-158r: St Jerome, prologue to Ezra.ff.
158r-163r: Ezra–Nehemiah.ff. 163r-165v: Esther. Explicit:
‘Explicit tertius ordo agiograforum’.ff. 165v: Isidore of
Seville, prologue to Wisdom. Heading: ‘Incipit quartus ordo eorum
librorum qui in veteri testamento extra canonem aebraeorum
sunt’.ff. 165v-169r: Wisdom.f. 169r: St Jerome, prologue to
Ecclesiasticus.ff. 169r-178v: Ecclesiasticus with capitula.ff.
178v: Isidore of Seville, prologue to Tobias. ff. 178v-181r:
Tobias. f. 181r: St Jerome, prologue to Judith.ff. 181r-184r:
Judith. Addition of omitted passage (11:8-21) by slightly later
hand in bottom margin. f. 184r: Pseudo-Jerome, prologue to
Maccabees. ff. 184r-191v: 1 Maccabees.ff. 191v-196v: 2 Maccabees.
f. 197r: St Jerome, Epistle to Pope Damasus. Incipit: ‘Beato pape
Damaso’.ff. 197r-197v: St Jerome prologue to the Gospels.
Incipit: ‘Plures fuisse qui evangelia scripserunt’.ff.
198r-201r: Canon tables.f. 202r: Prologue to Matthew. Incipit:
‘Mattheus ex Iudaea sicut in ordine’.ff. 202r-209r: Matthew,
with capitula. f. 209r: Prologue to Mark. Incipit: ‘Marcus
evangelista dei et Petri in baptismate’.ff. 209r-213v: Mark, with
capitula.f. 213v: Prologue to Luke. Incipit: ‘Lucas syrus natione
antiochensis’.ff. 213v-221v: Luke, with capitula. ff. 221v:
Prologue to John. Incipit: ‘Tres evangeliste in his rebus’. ff.
221v-227v: John, with capitula. ff. 227v-229r: Prefatory matter for
the Pauline Epistles: three prologues (ff. 227v-228r); Pope Damasus
I, Versus in laudem Pauli apostoli (f. 228r); Peregrinus, Prooemium
in epistulas Pauli , incipit: ‘Prologum subter adiectum sive
kanones’ (f. 228r); the capitula for the Pauline Epistles (ff.
228r-229r). ff. 229r-247r: Pauline Epistles, each preceded by
capitula and argumentum, and excerpts from the anonymous Testimonia
veteris testamenti in epistolis Pauli allegata inserted before the
text of the epistle. ff. 247r-247v: Pseudo-Jerome, prologue to the
Catholic Epistles. Incipit and blank space for another prologue
(247v).ff. 247v-248r: James.ff. 248r-248v: 1 Peter, with incipit
and blank space for capitula. Imperfect, ending at 1 Peter 4:3. [f.
201v is blank].Decoration:Canon tables with geometric and
curvilinear decoration (ff. 198r-201r). 8 small rectangular borders
(some three-sided) with simple foliate decoration around explicits
and incipits in black or black and red (ff. 9v, 43v, 70v, 81v,
139v, 157v, 178v, 222r)Small initials in black and sometimes red
throughout, marking the start of texts and capitula. For Psalms
(ff. 115v-131r), Gospels (ff. 202r-227v), and the Pauline and
Catholic Epistles (ff. 230r-248v), larger initials with
highlighting in red.
