THE MS. volume in the University Registry here printed is named on the back of the book Liber Gratiarum Γ, the two previous volumes of the series being in like manner styled Liber Gratiarum A and Liber Gratiarum B. It is, however, in spite of the similarity of the title, of a quite different character from the two earlier volumes. Of these, Grace Book A has already been edited (1897) by Stanley M. Leathes, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College; and Grace Book B in two parts, B (1903), B (1905), by Miss Mary Bateson. These two volumes, A and B, are consecutive from Mid-summer 1454 to Michaelmas 1544, and contain the Recepta and the Expense of each proctorial year, with lists of cautions often described at great length and much detail, lists of graduates, graces for degrees and incorporations till 1501, notices of audits, etc. The present volume contains only graces proposed to the University for different reasons, viz. graces for degrees for new graduates, graces for incorporations from other Universities, graces for dispensations of various kinds, such as dispensations from attending congregations, funerals, University masses, and the like.

There is in consequence very little in this volume which cannot be learned from the Index. This is divided into three parts : Index I contains the names of the persons who are recorded in the body of the book in the graces for degrees and dispensations (‘disp.’), or who are otherwise mentioned (‘ref.’); Index II has the references pertaining solely to the University; Index III has the notices of a general character.