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