Fragment of a Carolingian compilation on the Psalms

This leaf is one of two Stanford-owned leaves originating from the same dispersed book. The texts on the two leaves appear to have been compiled as prefatory matter, either before a commentary or preceding a Psalter. They include a hitherto unrecorded commentary on the Psalms, apparently of Carolingian authorship, and an early appearance of a prologue attributed to Bede, or pesudo-Bede. This leaf contains 4 sequential texts. Text 1 begins (mid-word) "-brius succidatur. Unde consueta" and ends "de purissimo fonte potare" : identified as part of Jerome's preface to the 'Hebrew Psalter,' Patrologia Latina 29, cols 118-120. Text 2 begins "Dum multa corpora liborum" and ends "per bonefacium presbiterum heirosolima": identified as Letter 5 of Pseudo-Damasus to Jerome, Patrologia Latina 13, col. 440. Text 3 begins "Beatissimo pape damaso sedix apostolicae hieronomus simplex. Legi litteras" and ends (on verso) "laudis semper canatur": identified as Ep. XLVII, Letter of Pseudo-Jerome to Pope Damasus, Patrologia Latina, 30 cols. 294-5. Text 4 begins on the first leaf with "David filius iesse cum esset in regno suo." The text is from a commentary on the pslams and continues on the second leaf but the text is non-continuous." See also M0389. Box 1, Folder 02, Item 2.