This manuscript was formerly bound together with the Coronation
Book of Charles V of France, numbered ff. 35-80, now Cotton MS
Tiberius B VIII/2. The folio numbering of this part (ff. 3-34,
81-197) is that of the composite volume, bound together by Cotton
in the 17th century as Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII.This manuscript
consists of a Pontifical, initially written for the diocese of
Canterbury and later adapted for the diocese of Glasgow, for use at
the Cathedral Church of St Mungo. Although the references to the
diocese of Canterbury remained untouched, an early 14th-century
hand has added 'Glasguensi' in the section related to the
ordination of abbots (f. 106v).Contents: ff. 3r-196v: Liber
Pontificalis (Pontifical). The consecration of a bishop, beginning
with the requirement that the bishop elect has to bind himself to
obedience to the see of Canterbury: 'Decretum quod clerus et
populus firmare debet de electo episcopo. Venerando sancte
Cantuariensis ecclesie metropolitano'; including the mass
celebrated for the ordination (ff. 5v-12r), beginning: 'Incipit
examinatio ordinandi episcopi que est agenda die dominica antequam
missa celebretur'; the benediction of the bishop (ff. 15v-23r)
followed by the consecration of the new bishop by the archbishop
with prayers (ff. 23r-28v); the benediction of the new bishop,
beginning: 'Populus te honoret adiuvet te Dominus' (ff. 28v-29v),
including a special mass with antiphons for the consecration of the
new bishop (ff. 29v-34v); the Ordo consecrationis regis
(Instructions for the consecration of a king) (ff. 79r-99v),
beginning: 'Incipit consecratio regis. Consecrandum regem de
conventu fidelium seniorum per manus producant ad ecclesiam et
chorus decantet hanc. Amen'; the consecration of a queen (ff.
99v-105v), beginning: 'Benedictio regine dicenda in ingressu
ecclesie secundum ordinem romanorum'; the Ordo abbatis
(Instructions for the consecration of an abbot) (ff. 105v-111v),
beginning: 'In abbatis ordinatione. Episcopus ipse missam complere
et eum benedicere debet'; the Benedictio monachorum (benediction of
monks) (ff. 111v-117v); the Benedictio Super Abbatissam
(benediction of an abbess) (ff. 117v-122v); the Consecratio
virginis monialis (consecration of nuns) (ff. 122v-147r); the
benediction of widows and their clothes (ff. 147r-150v); the
confirmation of children (ff. 151r-152r); several blessings and
benedictions related to soldiers, introduced by Psalm 69 (ff.
152r-157r); trials by ordeal of iron, hot and cold water (ff.
157r-188r); an exorcism with bread and goat cheese (ff. 188v-196v),
ending: 'Qui venturus est iudicare'. Decoration:Red, blue and green
initials, some with foliated decoration. Rubrics in red.Neumes and
musical notations (ff. 29-34).
