Or this, which occurs in several manuscripts,

"Qui scripsit scribat,

Semper cum Deo vivat."

Owner's name.

Owner's name.In another manuscript Vulgate in the Bodleian (No. 75), the owner of the book, who was named Gerardus, has recorded the fact in this fanciful way,—

"Ge ponatur et rar simul associatur

Et dus reddatur cui pertinet ita vocatur."

CHAPTER XVI.

The Bindings of Manuscripts.

Costly bindings.