A leaf from a dismembered tractatus of sermons attributed to Augustine on the Gospel of John, copied in a careful 12th century Carolingian miniscule script localised to central Italy. Linked to a fragment of five leaves bought by English bibliophile Brian S. Cron (1913–2002), probably from the antiquarian bookseller H. M. Fletcher, Cecil Court, London c.1966. Cron sold the leaves to Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London in March 1983. In 1985 the leaf was listed for sale for USD 1650 (Catalogue 1056, no. 83) and subsequently bought by the Library.

Contents: Part II: Homilies XXII–XXIII, (76.3–77.4 in the modern numbering). The fragment is from the second part of the manuscript, with numeration of the first part I–LIV, and the second I–LXX.

Decoration: One 12-line inhabited opening initial containing a stylised bird coloured in buff and blue on a maroon ground. Carolingian script with headings and opening in capitals. Rubricated.

Other fragments identified in collections include:

1. Keio University Library (uncatalogued) containing homilies XI–XII
2. Emory University Pitts Theology Library RG020-2 containing homilies XXV–XXVI
3. Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library MS 36 containing homilies XLI–XLII
4. University of Colorado Boulder Libraries MS 333 OS containing homilies XLVI–XLVII
5. Stanford University Libraries, M0389 containing homilies L–LI
   

• Bookhands of the Middle Ages, Part II Bernard Quaritch Ltd Catalogue 1056 (London, 1985)
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