This manuscript consists of a necrology from the Benedictine abbey
of St Gilles (diocese of Nîmes) followed by the rule of St
Benedict. The manuscript is ending with several added notes related
to the abbey and its confraternity.In addition to the monks of St
Gilles, the necrology mentions Raymon IV of Toulouse and several
supporters of the Gregorian reform as for example Aton, archbishop
of Arles; Hugh of Semur, abbot of Cluny (see Mazel, 'L'invention
d'une tradition' (2005), p. 342).This manuscript was originally
bound together with the martyrology of the abbey, now Add MS
16918.ff. 1r-21r: A necrology from the Benedictine abbey of St
Gilles in the diocese of Nîmes with several additions, beginning:
'KL. Ianuarii. Obiit Adalardus abbatus'; ending: 'II. obierunt Eudo
abbas, Stephanus, Bermundus, Bernardus'. ff. 21v-62r: Regula Sancti
Benedicti (Rule of St Benedict), preceded by a prologue (ff.
21v-23v) and capitula (ff. 23v-24v), beginning of the prologue (f.
21v): 'Obsculta , O fili recepta magistri et inclina aurem cordis
tui'; beginning of the text (f. 25r): 'Monachorum quatuor esse
genera manifestum est'; ending: 'Facientibus hec regna patebunt
superba. Ad honorem Sancti Egidii Petrus Guillelmus fecit hunc
librum in tempore domini Petri abbatis anno incarnate verbi
M[illesimo] C.XX.V.II II regnante Lodovico rege'. Decoration: A
miniature in colours on a gold ground at the beginning of the
Regula , showing St Benedict giving his rule to St Maurus and two
other monks (f. 21v). A framed initial 'M'(onachorum) on a gold
ground with interlace in green, purple, blue and red (f. 25r).
Decorated initials in colours and gold. (e.g., f. 25v). Initials in
green, blue or red with penwork decoration in the same or another
colour. Rubrics in red or green capitals. Initials and numbering in
red or brown.
