MS I.h.20 - Two Homilies

The volume is unpaginated, bound in vellum (a single folium from an early manuscript slightly cut-down and re-used). The CL Catalogue identifies the text as the Vulgate translation of Psalms 40, 41, 42, 43, and part of 44. The CL Catalogue notes that in Authorized Version these are Psalms 41-45. The initial letter of each psalm is a two-line blueletter with red ornament spilling into the left margin. The initial letters of the other verses of each psalm are alternately red and blue. The CL Catalogue also conjectures that the description of the volume's contents is in Rudd's own hand, although it is not clear on what evidence this conjecture is based. The volume itself is the work of two main scribes. The first hand is responsible for the preface and the first homily. The second hand is responsible for the second homily. The third hand (conjecturally Rudd's) is responsible for a title page, a note at the end of the first homily, and a title preceding the second.