Language(s): Latin
1. (fols. 1(a)ra–240vb)
⟨Jacobus de Voragine ⟩,
⟨Legenda aurea⟩ (with appendices) Incipit: (prol.) (fol. 1a recto) Universum tempus presentis vite in quatuor distinguitur
(fols. 1a recto–1b recto) Capitula, originally to 'De dedicacione ecclesie', with the items on fols. 238–252 added in the lower margin (apparently without mentioning the incomplete life of Gallus), followed by a further eight items without folio numbers, of which St Gallus is the last, the others no longer extant or never present. Incipit: (text) (fol. 1b recto) Adventus domini per quatuor septimanas agitur
As pr. Graesse, 1846, ch. I-CLXXXII (ending fol. 237vb), with appendix consisting of:
(fols. 237vb, 240va–b)
Rubric: De sancto Oswaldo rege
Incipit: Beatissimus Oswaldus rex anglorum omni uirtute decoratus uiuebat deo et hominibus gratus
Explicit: ignis exortus||
(fol. 238ra–vb)
⟨Life of St Gallus ⟩ (imperfect) Incipit: ||cauit se esse infirmum. Columbanus autem putans
Explicit: et ibidem usque hodie ostenditur per[sic] religionis testimonio et th(esaur)o(?)
cf. BHL 3252d, 9035d (fol. 238vb–239va)
St Othmar from the Legenda Aurea appendix (Graesse, ch. CLXXXV)
(fol. 239va–b)
Rubric: De sancto seruatio
Incipit: Eo tempore qua rumor erat humos[sic] in gallias transiturus[sic], beatus seruatius apud tongos opidum
Explicit: sine fine letantur prestante domino
(fol. 239vb–240va)
Rubric: De sancto seruatio
Incipit: Seruatius consanguineus domini secundum carnem fuit. Nam anna mater beate uirginis
Explicit: exaudita oratio stephani et lupi
BHL 7639d 2. (fols. 241ra–252vb)
⟨Martin of Troppau (?)⟩,
⟨Proptuarium exemplorum⟩ (cc. 1–5) Rubric: Incipiunt miracula
Incipit: Quidam pater familias bene se torquebat de quo in Vitis patrum dicitur
Explicit: hunc, quem vivum querebant, mortuum invenerunt.
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i (early parchment endleaf) + 252 + i (Laudian parchment endleaf) (fols. 77 and 202 skipped, fols. 1 and 180 doubled)
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 135–140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 100 mm.
Foliation: Early foliation in arabic.
Collation
1–21(12) (fols. 1a, 1b-11, 12–76, 78–180a, 180b-'201–2', 203–252). Quires 1–20 numbered in roman on the verso of the final leaf. The textual disjunction between fol. 237v and 238r does not seem to be reflected in the physical structure of the manuscript.
Layout
2 cols., 43–44 lines. Ruled in crayon with double horizontal bounding lines at the top and bottom.
Decoration
Blue-and-red puzzle initials with penwork, fols. 1(a)r, 1(b)r.
Coloured red and blue initials.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Origin: 13th century, late, or 14th century, early ;
Germany 
