On the fly-leaves of paper are the beginnings of a table (xvi) [in the hand of Abraham Whelock].
On the recto of the first vellum leaf is the beginning of a Litany of the Virgin (xiii).
The whole text has been printed by Dr R. Morris in E.E.T.S., 1873, Old English Homilies of the Twelfth Century. Second Series.
Text.
I. No heading.
f.2 Ich am nu elder þan ich ƿas a ƿintre ⁊ a lore
Morris, p.220.
II. Sermons.
f.10 De aduentu. Morris, p.1
Ecce uenit rex occurramus obuiam saluatori nostro.
To dai is cumen ðe holie tid þi me clepeð aduent.
2. f.11 Dom. II in adv. Hora est iam nos
3. f.12 Dom. III. Nox precessit
4. f.14 Tria sunt hominum saluti necessaria
f.15 Credo in deum. Ic bileue on God
5. f.17 Pater noster
6. f.20b In die natalis dom
Natus est nobis etc. Gode tidinge ⁊ murie to heren.
7. f.24b Reges tharsis et insule (Epiphany)
8. f.26 Optulerunt pro eo domino (Purification)
9. f.28 Quomodo cantabimus
10. (De confessione.)
11. f.31 In capite jejunii. Conuertimini ad me
12. f.34 In xlma. Preoccupemus faciem
13. f.38 In xlma. Ecce nunc tempus
14. f.39b In media xlma. Cum inmundus spiritus exierit
15. f.42b Dom. palmarum. Turbe que procedebant
16. f.44b In die pasche. Hec est dies
17. Dom. 1 post pascha. Stetit Ihesus (p.75)
18. f.49b In ascensione domini. Eleuatus est sol
19. f.52 In die pentecostes. Apparuerunt apostolis
20. f.53b In die pentecostes. Dominus de celo prospexit
21. f.54b De S. Joh. bapt. Ego uox clamantis
22. f.57 De S. Joh. bapt. Inter natos mulierum
23. f.60 De S. Maria Magdal. Mulier que erat
24. f.61b De S. Jacobo. Euntes ibant et flebanf
25. f.64 De S. Laurentio. Qui parce seminat
26. f.66b (Assumption.) Maria uirgo assumpta est (printed in Rel. Ant. i. 128)
27. f.69 De defunctis. Libera me domine
28. f.71b De S. Andrea. Ambulans Ihesus iuxta mare
29. f.75b Esto(te) fortes in bello
30. f.78 Estote prudentes
31. f.81 Qui uult uenire post me
32. f.83b Posuerunt peccatores laqueum
Ends f.86a
sƿo do he ure alle þe liueð ⁊ rixleð. Amen.
On f.86b are a few names explained
Sulphurea .i. baline.
balanstie .i. flores malogranatorum.
hermodactilus .i. titelusa.
portinus .i. sudindele.
...
Rodostoma .i. aqua rosata.
f.87a is blank.
33. f.87b Egredietur uirga etc. An gerd sal spruten of iesse more
Ends 88a. And he understod holie boc lore etc. Si plus sscirem plus dicerem.
f.88b has xvith cent. scribbles.
f.89a is blank.
On ff.89b, 90a are pencilled prayers of cent. xiii.
On ff.90b, 91 and fly-leaves are xvith cent. scribbles and table.