Copy number: J-140(1)

Gatherings [a,b,g,h,m] are in folio, [i,l] in mixed folio and 4°, [c–f, k] in 4°.

Binding: Sheep; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; rebacked. Manuscript title along the fore-edge.

Size: 293 × 200 × 28 mm.

Size of leaf: 284 × 194 mm.

Former pastedowns now Inc. b. I97.1(1, 3c, 5); see D‑202, M‑266, and P‑451(2).

A few marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, ‘nota' marks, and pointing hands in an early hand. Two series of manuscript foliation, in arabic numerals, on the upper right-hand corner of the rectos. Manuscript signatures partly visible.

On [b1r] a seven-line Italian (Roman) initial ‘E' is supplied in pink and gold on a square gold ground edged in black; the area defined by the letter is decorated with floral and foliate design supplied in yellow, green, and black. On the same leaf, an Italian foliate border is supplied in pink, blue, green, and gold dots; see Pächt and Alexander II, 107 no. pr. 17. Other initials are supplied in blue or red with red or purple pen-work decoration extending into the margin. Chapter numbers are supplied in black ink; paragraph marks supplied in red.

Provenance: S. G.; heavily cancelled inscription on [b1r]: ‘[ ] [ ] [ ] S. G.' Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (1771-1823); sale (1824), lot 907. Purchased for £10. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1824), 4. This is presumably the copy listed in Catalogus (1843), II 413.

Former Bodleian shelfmark: Auct. P 4.3.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q inf. 2.18.

Copy number: J-140(2)

Gatherings [a,b,g,h,m] are in folio, [i,l] in mixed folio and 4°, [c–f, k] in 4°.

Wanting the blank leaves [a1] and [m8].

Binding: Nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf.

Size: 280 × 200 × 35 mm.

Size of leaf: 272 × 193 mm.

Marginal and interlinear notes, extracting key words, correcting, and commenting on the text, and ‘nota' marks in two different early hands, one of which is Italian humanist. Early manuscript foliation in the upper right-hand corner of the rectos.

On [b1r] a seven-line Italian (Roman) initial ‘E' is supplied in gold on a square blue ground decorated in red and green, with vine-stems and three gold dots; see Pächt and Alexander II, 107 no. pr. 18. Other initials are supplied in blue or red. Chapter headings and rubrics are supplied in red in a humanist hand; the rubric on [b1r] reads: ‘Sermones beati Chrysostomi quinque et viginti per Christophorum Personam et priorem sancte Balbine nuper e greco in latinum traducti ac reuerendissomo domino domino Marco Barbo et Veneto cardinali sancti Marci viro omni laude cumulato dedicati et inscripti quorum primus contra auaritiam siue pecuniarum amore. Sermo primus.' Paragraph marks are supplied in red.

Provenance: J. T. Hand (fl. 1834-1837); signature on the front endleaf; sale (1837), lot 185; bought in at the sale. Purchased for £0. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1845), 19.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 3.44.

Copy number: J-140(3)

Wanting the blank leaves [a1] and [m8].

Variant. In this copy the whole of gathering [g] and the first and third sheets of gathering [i] are differently set up. Gatherings [a,b,h,m] are in folio, gathering [l] in mixed folio and 4°, [c–g, i,k] in 4°.

Binding: Seventeenth(?)-century calf; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Formerly chained: staple-marks of a hasp at the head of upper cover. ‘44' across the head of the fore-edge. ‘16' on lozenge-shaped label at the head of the spine.

Size: 281 × 174 × 32 mm.

Size of leaf: 272 × 167 mm.

‘AA 44 A S' in red crayon on the front pastedown. Pen-trials on [f8v] and [g1r].

On [b1r] a seven-line Italian (Roman?) initial ‘A' is supplied in pink on a gold ground decorated with blue and green acanthus leaves. On the same leaf, an Italian foliate border is supplied in pink, blue, green, and gold dots; see Pächt and Alexander II, 107 no. pr. 19; at the foot, a coat of arms partly defaced. Other initials are supplied in blue or red. Manuscript title, sermon numbers, and foliation on the upper right-hand corner of the rectos are supplied in red.

Provenance and date of acquisition unknown.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 4.13