Layout: 2 columns, 50-52 lines Decoration: Numerous 2-line and 1-line initials in alternating red and blue, the 2-line initials with decorative penwork in the contrasting color, and rubrics in red; with decorative 3-line penwork bar decorations alternating in red and blue down the entire length to the left of each column of text on fol. 195.236 Provenance: Supposedly once in the medieval library of the abbey of Ste. Genevieve (Paris); for a discussion of the original parent codex's problematic provenance, see: Provenance: Rose A. McCandless, "Fragmentation and Narrative Construction: The Cost (and Utility) of Fabricated Provenance." Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, vol. 8 no. 2, 2023, p. 430-440. https://doi.org/10.1353/mns.2023.a916141 Provenance: Original parent codex sold at auction by Christie's (London), 26 June 1996, lot 14 (sold for 45,500 GBP) to Bruce Ferrini Provenance: Broken by Bruce Ferrini not long after purchase, with largest portion, 73 folios, at the Pontifical College Josephinum's A. T. Wehrle Memorial Library (Columbus, OH), MS.1 Provenance: Additional folios at the University of South Carolina (Early MS 104), Augustana College's Teaching Museum of Art (2006.40), St. Martha of Bethany Church, Morton Grove, IL (fol. 437), and theS.5650/91 and MS5650/73) Fol. 195.236: Psalms 59:11-67:2 Fol. 195.516: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Alexandria to Amizadab Fol. 195. 518: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Antiphas to Arbona Fol. 195.520: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Archab to Asani Fol. 195.525: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Chaleselum to Cheslon Fol. 195.545: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Iaazihahu to Iacham Fol. 195.546: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Iachan to Iemnaite Fol. 195. 559: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Sapham to Samaria Fol. 195.560: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Samaritanus to Sarona Fol. 195.563: Interpretation of Hebrew Names entries from Simachus to Sona Incipit: Fol. 195.236: …bilis / Simachus ; ex auditus vel exau / dibilis Fol. 195.516: auferens angustias tenebrarum Fol. 195.518: Antiphas dani transitum Fol. 195.520: Archab . Insidie vel insidians Fol. 195.525: Chaleselum . Contegens regio eos Fol. 195.545: Iaazihahu . Auxilium domini Fol. 195.546: aut domini consummatio Fol. 195.559: ...tia mea . Sapham Fol. 195.560: Samaritanus ; lana vel Fol. 195.563: ...bilis . Simachus ; exauditus vel Explicit: Fol. 195.236: qui oderunt eum a facie eius Fol. 195.516: vel populo meo torris flui… Fol. 195.518: retencio doloris eius Fol. 195.520: Delictum , vel fumus seu Fol. 195.525: protegens , vel pro... Fol. 195.545: sive domine perfectio... Fol. 195.546: numerabiles aut marini Fol. 195.559: donum aut custodiens dominum Fol. 195.560: princeps tristicie vel Fol. 195.563: Sona ; pupilla eius vel secundus Fol. 195.
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