De mirac[u]lis S[an]c[ta]e Mari[a]e Virg[inis; Prognosticon futuri seculi. Amphilochei Episcopi Ichonii. In vita et miraculis beati Iohannis elemosinarii. De xv signis xv dierum precedentium diem iudicii. De penetentia Regis Solomonis. [Exposition on the Mass and its meaning]. Hec sunt presepta legis. Expositio brevis Remigii autissioderensis episcopi de ordine misse
Manuscript codex. Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (i is pastedown) + 84 + ii ; 1-108 114 ; in center lower margin of final page of the gathering, quires 4-5 signed B-C, quires 6-8 signed iiii-vi, quire 10 signed viii. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 30 lines (fol. 1-40), 34 lines (fol. 41-72), and 35 lines (fol. 73-84); occasional prickings in outer margin; occasional lead ruling. Script: Written in Pregothic script by at least three scribes. Scribe changes on fol. 67v and fol. 73r. Decoration: on fol. 1r, initial decorated with Virgin and Child under canopy in green, blue, red, brown, and black preceding text; painted initials with grotesques on fol. 1r and fol. 62v; initials throughout in green, red, and blue. Binding: 19th-century brown morocco over boards; incorrect title lettered in gilt on spine: "Sallustii Invectiva in Ciceronem / M.T. Ciceronis"; possible shelfmark lettered in gilt on spine: "M. S.XI. S."; raised bands; inner dentelles; gilt edges covering earlier red edges; trimmed (16th-century heading on fol. 17r and initials on fol. 67v and fol. 82v partially cut off); binder's ticket for... Origin: Written in the Low Countries or the very north of northwest France in the second or third quarter of the 12th century. Dating based on script, particularly the use of both the ampersand and the Tironian et. Place of production based on initials. Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms147. Former shelfmark: M. S.XI. S. Former shelfmark: Phillipps MS 25142. Former shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, BT650.M65. Heading added to fol. 17v in Cursiva Libraria hand (15th century?). Erased monastic ownership inscription and inscription "flon est inuent finibus isti" at end on fol. 84v; inscription on rear flyleaf recto, partially erased: "Si quis eum abstulerit iram dei incurrat et sit anathema hic in eternam fiat fiat. C.V.IIII.III.II.I" Inscription in another hand on rear flyleaf recto: "Jesu...
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