II. A Description of a Benedictional, or Pontifical, called “Benedictionarius Roberti Archiepiscopi,” an illuminated Manuscript of the tenth century, in the Public Library at Rouen; communication as an accompaniment to St. Æthelwold's Benedictional, by John Gage, Esq. F.R.S. Director, in a Letter to the Right Hon. George, Earl of Aberdeen, President, &c.

Abstract

The Vellum MS. numbered 27, in the Public Library at Rouen, called the Benedictional of Archbishop Robert, is a folio, in wood binding, covered with boar-skin leather, measuring twelve inches and three quarters, by nine and a quarter, and contains one hundred and ninety one leaves, beside a fly-leaf on which there is a note by Monsieur I'Abbe Saas, with his signature, and the date 1738. It is illuminated with miniatures, foliated and architectural borders, and capitals and letters of gold: the whole in fine preservation.