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MS. Add. A. 62

Summary Catalogue no.: 28844

Contents

Commentary on Job 1:1–13:17
Incipit: Uir erat in terra Hus nomine Iob. Iob dolens, Hus consulator interpretatur
Explicit: figuratas se locutiones habere demonstrat

Notes in the margin seem to suggest that very much of this commentary is from Gregory's Moralia on Job

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 44 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.875 × 6.5 in.

Condition

Injured by sea water

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

History

Origin: 12th century, second half

Provenance and Acquisition

'William Reader's Book, 1808'. Reader has added 'Belonged to a French Bishop. Damaged by sea water. Taken out of the wreck of a French vessel on the coast of Dorsetshire'

Bought from William Reader, of 16 Alma St., Hoxton, for £2 on 20 August 1863

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)

Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)