^ Our authority is
9° A long range of rooms preserves those books and manuscripts, which were brought together within the last forty years.
9° A long range of rooms preserves those books and manuscripts, which were brought together within the last forty years.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
Braun has
served its record, in two volumes, describing the printed books, in 1786, and in his de- scription of the manuscripts, in two volumes, A. D. 1 79 1. See Rev. T. F, Dibdin's
"Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Pic-
turesque Tour in France and Germany,"
vol. iii. , Letter xli. , pp. 226 to 236.
*' "
See Braun's Notitia Historico-Lite-
raria de Codicibus Manuscriptis in Biblio- theca Liberi et Imperialis Monasterii Ordinis S. Benedicti ad SS. Uldaricum et Afram
luckily pre-
It contains 20,000 volumes. See
427.
^3 See "Catalogus Grsecorum Libronim
Manuscriptorum Augustanse Bibliothecse.
"
** See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. ii. ,
P- 557-
^5 M. Jaeck, the Royal Librarian at Bam-
''
his work,
offentlichen Bibliothek zu Bamberg," was issued A. D. 1 83 1. The second part appeared many years subsequently.
** See A," pp. 13 Cooper's "Appendix
to 19. Also, "Supplement to Appendix A," p. 3-
''7 See Steinbrenner's "Reise durch
einigeTeutsche, Schweitzer und Franzosische
Provinzen," or Journey through some Ger- man, Swiss, and French Provinces. Pub- lished in three 8vo volumes, and printed at Gottingen, A. D. 1791, 1792.
^ See William Coxe's ' ' Travelsin Switzer- land and in the Country of the Grisons," vol. i. , letter 15, p. 158. Fourth edition.
cxxxvm INTRODUCTION.
University/9 founded a. d. 1459. There are Manuscripts in its public
library, 7° of exceeding great value, for the Irish hagiographer's purposed' Its contents^^ have been described by different travellers,73 and are noted in cata-
*9 See F. Ennis' "
76 See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. ii. ,
p. 709.
77 See Coxe's "Travels in Switzerland
and in the Country of the Grisons," vol. ii. Letter 25, p. 235.
78 See Sinner's "CatalogusCodicum MSS. Bibliothec3e Bemensis. " Berne. In three
vols. ,Svo,A. D. 1760to1762. Anindexto
this work in at Berne. It is appeared 1772,
Berlin. —There are various
—but not which contains 150,000 volumes. 7^ Berne. This is the capital city of a Swiss canton, so
named, and it contains a very fine collection both of books77 and of curious
Manuscripts. 78 The town library comprises about 35,000 volumes, and it is well stored with materials, relating to Swiss History. 79 Its varied Manu- scripts are also known to include subjects of great interest for Irish eccle- siologists. ^ BoBBio. —This northern Itahan episcopal city^'—an ancient foundation of the great Irish St. Columbanus—contains many remarkable IrishManuscripts. '^ ThesceneryaroundBobbioisofanexceedinglywild and romantic character. '3 Bologna. —The University of Bologna—a city long renowned for its patronage of learning, and of the fine arts^*—contained about 150,000 volumes, and 7,000 manuscripts, in 1857. ^5 We may fairly
logues. 7+ —
important Manuscripts's
many of a very ancient date
—in the
public library
at
Berlin,
of
Complete System Modem Geography," p. 905. Published at
Dublin, A. D. 1 816, in 4to shape.
7° In 1845, this contained upwards of
50,000 volumes, and many interesting manu-
scripts. See J. S. Buckingham's "Belgium, the Rhine, Switzerland and Holland," vol.
ii. , chap, xvii. , p. 239.
7' See " Cooper's
Appendix A," pp. 19
to 26. Also, " Supplement to Appendix intituled " Bibliothecae Bemensis Codicum
A," pp. 3, 4.
7' The
contains
:
MSS. Syllabus ex majori opere contractus. "
79 See " Handbook for Tra- Murray's
vellers in Switzerland, and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. " Route 24, p. 69.
70,000 volumes, and 4,000 manuscripts, according to Murray's " Handbook for Travellers in and
public library
and the
of
*" See " Cooper's
Switzerland,
Piedmont. " Routei. , p. 3.
Savoy
Appendix A," pp. 29 to 46, and "Supplement to Appendix A,"
" See Reboulet et Labrune, " Voyage de Suisse. " Published at la Haye, A. D. 1686, in i2mo. Also, Bemouilli's " Lettres sur differens sujets ecrites pendant le cours d'un
pp. 5 to 7.
^'
It lies at the foot of the Appenines, about 45 miles north-east of Genoa. See
Alps
" De Bibliotheca " and an " Inven- at Berlin, a. d. 1777, in three vols. , 8vo. tarium Librorum Monasterii S. Columbani 7^ See "Catalogue of some of the manu- de Bobio quod renovatum fuit in 1461. "
Among these manuscripts, one contains por- tions of a Latin commentary on the Gospel of St. Mark, with Irish glosses.
^3 See " Handbook for Travel- Murray's
lers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. " Route 132, p. 400.
*See Rev. John Chetwode Eustace's "Classical Tour through Italy, An. mdcccii. Vol. i. , chap, vii. , pp. 257 to 269. Third
edition.
8sSee Murray's "Handbook for Tra-
Voyage par I'Allemagne,
la
la
^'
has
Peyron France et I'ltalie. " Published Bobiensi
scripts in the public library of Basle in Switzerland," in three folio pages, ex prelo Phillippico. Also see "Basileensis Biblio- thecae
Manuscripta Theologica," Spizelius, Sacra Bibliothecarum," pp. 17 to 48. See Coxe's "Travels in Switzerland," vol. i. ,
"
P- 154-
75 See Wilken's " Geschichte der Konig-
lichen Bibliothek zu Berlin," or History of the Royal Library at Berlin. Published at Berlin, A. D. 1828, in 8vo.
Suisse,
written, Meridionale, Commentatio,
"
Gazetteer of the World," vol. ii. , p. 787.
INTR OD UCTIOJSr. CXXXIX
assume, that there are some, which should serve to elucidate our ecclesi- astical history. Breslau. —The University of Breslau^^—A Prussian city—
and its various — have fine
corporations^^ libraries,^* including many
valuable
MSS. ^9 Bruxelles. InthecityofBruxelles,theJesuitCollegeS. Michel
—the head-quarters of the BoUandists—contains a magnificent collection,? "
not alone of printed books, specially selected for their bearing on hagiogra-
phical subjects, but also it includes manuscript Acts of Saints, for every known
Christian country. s' Among them, of course, are biographies of various Irish Saints. In the Burgundian Library,? '^ there are numerous and most
valuable manuscripts, serving as materials for Irish, and especially for hagiological, history. 93 These are to be found in the Irish, English, Latin
and French
are enumerated in the " 9* and languages. They Inventaire,"
"
Repertoire"95 belonging to the library. Several manuscripts in this collec-
tion formerly belonged to the Irish Franciscan Community at Louvain, as
vellers in Central Italy," part i. Route 76. P- 37-
^The University Library contains 300,cxx5 volumes, and there are thirteen other libraries here : one of these com- prises 100,000 volumes. See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. iii. , p. 30.
logical, Canonical, Critical, Geographical, Historical, Topographical and Biographical Literature. Numberless miscellaneous works, with an immense collection of
printed missals, breviaries, lives and acts of saints, calendars and martyrologies, both
printed and in manuscript, also serve to illustrate the hagiology and church history of different provinces and nations throughout
*7 See Wachler, " Thomas Rehdiger und
seine Biichersammlung in Breslau :" or
Thomas Rehdiger and his collection of the world. During the period of his stay at
books at Breslau. Published at Breslau, in 8vo, A. D. 1828. Also, Scheibel's " Nach-
richten von der Merkwiirdigkeiten der Rehdigerischen Bibliothek zu Breslau :"J or Account of the curiosities of the Rehdigem
Brussels, the writer received a truly kind re- ception from the learned BoUandists ; and, to Father Victor De Buck, his obligations are specially due for his attentions, and for the friendly zeal he has since manifested in urging forward by advice and encourage- ment the publication of this present work.
^ This is said to have possessed in 1845,
as many as 15,000 manuscripts, originally collected by the Dukes of Burgundy, when they ruled over Belgium. See J. S. Buck- ingham's "Belgium, the Rhine, Switzer- land and Holland," vol. i. , chap, iv. , pp. 127, 128.
53 The city library here, according to one statement, possesses nearly 100,000 volumes, mostly saved from suppressed convents. The royal library, founded A. D. 1837, has 70,000 volumes, and 25,000 manuscripts. See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. iii. , p.
^^ 9^ This forms the first volume of the
" Init, theMSS. are Catalogue. "
Published at Breslau,
"Notitia Manuscrip- torum Bibliothecae Eehdigerianae a CI. Bibliothecario G. Krantzio summa cum fide et dexteritate A 1695, ^- ^^- ^o^- ^^1-
tradita, communicato vero illius Avtographo descripta manu. Joh. Emesti Lammeri K. sil. SS. Th. C. A. 1718 et 1719 initio. "
^ Some of these have an interest for the British and Irish hagiographer. See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 49 to 56. Also " Supplement to Appendix A," p. 8.
Library at Breslau. in 4to, A. D. 1 794.
^ Our authority is
9° A long range of rooms preserves those books and manuscripts, which were brought together within the last forty years. In 95-
July, 1863, when visited by the writer, an additional suite of chambers was in course
to receive books not then
printed
enumerated, without reference to subject.
of
preparation, placed.
9S This is the second volume, and a
"
Ca-
9' In the Bollandist Library, there is a Vast collection of Biblical, Patristic, Theo-
talogue Methodique," according to a de- partmental arrangement.
Cxi INTRODUCTION.
also to the old Bollandists. 9^ The Irish manuscripts have been pretty ac- curately noticed by Mr. Bindon, and the Rev. Dr. Todd reproduced his
account,97inastatementplacedbeforetheRoyalIrishAcaderay. 5* Manyof those codices have been already —noticed in preceding, and shall be referred to in following, pages. Cadouin. In France, Cadouin was an ancient abbey, belonging to the diocese of Perigueux, and it contained some interesting
99 It is now a canton and commune of in the — manuscripts. France, depart-
ment of the Dordogne, and in the arrondissement of Bergerac. *°° Caen.
In this ancient city of Normandy, '°' it would seem, that manuscripts likely
to be of interest to the Irish historiographer are preserved in the public
^°* library.
'°3 in —
but
to have increased to 40,000 volumes. '"^ Cambrai. This French city has an interesting collection of MSS. in the public library. Among these are some Irish canons. '°5 It is likely enough, various other manuscripts have perished in the wTreck of more than twenty convents and religious e—difices here during the French Revolution. '°^ Carlsruhe or Carlsrouhe. This capitalcityofBadenhasapubliclibrary,containing90,000volumes. ^°7 There are said to be manuscripts, written by Irish monks, and with Irish glosses, in it. ^°^ Cologne. —This celebrated city, on the right bank of the Rhine, has several good libraries, containing a great many manuscripts. '°9 In the archives of the great cathedral, at Cologne, are various MSS. "° These serve
This contained
25,000 volumes,
1854,
since,
it
appears
s* Others seem, from various entries, to have been formerly the property of several monastic libraries.
97 At a meeting of the Royal Irish Aca- demy, held on the 24th of May, 1847.
Irish
1804," vol. ii. , letter Ixxxvii. pp. 367 to 371.
'"See Rev. T. F. Dibdin's "Biographi-
cal, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany," vol. i. Letter xiv. ,
Con-
'<>< See "Handbook for Travel- Murray's
lers in France. " Route 25, p. 75.
"5 See " et Glay's Catalogue Descriptif
Raisonne des Manuscrits de la Bibliothe- simile illustrations, etc. " By Samuel H. ques de Cambrai," published at Cambrai,
Bindon, pp. i to 32. Dublin : mdcccxlvii. A. D. 183 1, in 8vo.
9^ See " of the Proceedings
pp. 324 to 340. X03 See " The
Royal
Academy," vol. iii. , pp. 477 to 502. This ducted by Charles Knight. Geography,
English Cyclopaedia. " valuable paper has been published in a vol. ii. , col. 213.
under the ** Some No- title,
separate form,
tices of Manuscripts relating to Ireland, in
now to be found in the
various
Burgundian Library, at Brussels, with fac-
these
belonging
to convents and
abbeys,
to 60. And "
Supplement to Appendix
languages,
8vo.
» See M. Martial
" Essai sur les
'<^ Not a vestige of Fenelon's tomb, nor
even the church which contained was in it,
existence, at the beginning of the present
Delpit's
anciens Pelerinages a Jerusalem. " It con-
tained some texts of Sanctis. "
' ' De Locis
Forbes' ' ' from Letters
Adamnan,
See
France, written in the years 1803 and 1804," vol. i. , Letter xxi. , p. 220.
'""See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. iii. , p. 152.
"'
contained fourteen parish churches, besides
century.
James
"^7 See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. Before the French Revolution, Caen iii. , p. 319.
but the number was — reduced in the greatly
into a lyceum. See James Forbes' " Letters "° See "Catalogus Historicus Criticus from Fiance, written in the years 1803 to Codicum MSS. Bibliotheca? Ecclesiae Me-
beginning of this century
'°9 See
the fine Bene-
dictine abbey there having been converted paidia. " Geography, vol. ii. , col. 534.
"^ See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 58
A," pp. 9,
lo.
Charles Knight's "English Cyclo-
Murray's
" Handbook for Travel-
UndecimMilliumVirginumColon, printed A. D. 1507. No. 815. Vita S. Brendani, Vita S. Fursaji. The librarian
'" See
lers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. " Route I, p. 37.
obliging
kindly informed me, that if, at any future
"* Sir Thomas " Phillipps' Catalogus
time, I found it necessary to apply for tran- scripts from the Douai Manuscripts, or fur- ther information regarding them, he should be happy to furnish whatever might be re- quired. A hurried visit did not afford time for proper examination.
"® "
See Murray's Handbook for Travel-
lers in France. " Route 8. I, p.
"9 The Irish Franciscans had a house in
Douai, which perished during the French Revolution, and the writer was shown that place, where stood the old Irish College, now destroyed. The site was occupied by a fine French mansion.
'=° Sir Charles " Cyclo- Knight's English
paedia. " Geography. Vol. ii. , col. 803. '^' Ebert's "Geschichte und Beschrei* bung der Koniglichen offentlichen Biblio- thek zu Dresden," or History and Descrip- tion of the Royal Public Library at Dres- den. Published at Leipzig, A. D. 1822, in
8vo shape.
Bi- bliothecse Monasterii Corbeiensis, Codex
Sseculi XI. "
"7 In July, 1863, the author visited this
library, when the young and learned Pere
De Haisnes, College de S. Jean, was libra- rian. At that time, a new division of the
was in and the
library progress, manuscripts
were carefully stowed in boxes, so that no
access to them was practicable. However, the courteous librarian directed my atten- tion to notices of Irish hagiographical manuscripts in the catalogue, of which I took the following notes : No. 792. Lives of St. Livinus, St. Columban, and St. Co-
tNTROD UCTtON. cxli
to throw some light on Irish ecclesiastical affairs. "^ Copenhagen. —The Royal Library at Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, contains about
400,000 volumes, and a valuable collection of 15,000 manuscripts. Among them are many Icelandic ones, written in the Runic character. These are now in course of publication, and they must serve greatly to illustrate Scan- dinavian history and literature, as also the ancient state of Iceland and of Greenland. '" HughWardmentions,"3thatheheardofaquantityofIrish manuscripts, in the King of Denmark's library', that they were brought
from Ireland 800
facts from eye-witnesses. Correy or Corbie. In the Department of the Somme and arrondissement of Amiens"^ is the town of Corbie, in France. It contained MSS. of great interest, as appears from a catalogue privately printed. "^ Douai. —Thisoldcity,inthenorthofFrance,hasafinepublic library, containing 30,000 volumes. "^ It has a large collection of manu- scripts,"^ and among them are a few, embracing Acts of our Irish Saints. During the fury of the French Revolution, several books and manuscripts, belongingtoreligioushouseshere,wereburned. Someweredestroyed,or havedisappeared. "9 Theremnantisnowpreservedinthepubliclibrary. Dresden. —The Royal Public Library at Dresden contains 300,000 printed
volumes, 3,000 manuscripts, above 150,000 pamphlets, and 20,000 maps. "° It is not without some hagiographical materials for the Irish writer. "'
before the time he — and that he learned such years wrote,"4
t ropolitanae Coloniensis. " Printed at Cologne, A. D. 1752, in 4to shape.
"' See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 62 to 65, and "Supplement to Appendix A," pp. II, 12.
"3 See " Sancti Rumoldi Vita," pp. 272,
317-
"* In the earlier part of the seventeenth
century.
"5 See "Gazetteer of the World," vol.
iv. , p. 671.
lumba. No. 793. Life of Blessed Ethbin.
No. 804. Life of St. Columban, Abbot, and
with this manuscript is bound " Historia "
cxlli INTROD UCTION.
Eberach. —Eberach is a town of Baden, in the circle of the Lower Rhine. "' Its library"3 contains many interesting old manuscripts. "+ Epternac. —
There are very rare codices preserved in the Monastery of Eptemac. "5 Here there is a priceless and very ancient Martyrology, which has been con- jectured to contain the handwriting of St. Willibrord himself. As we have already seen, this codex was probably brought from Ireland, and, it is sup- posed to be the only copy exta—nt of that old Martyrology, ascribed to Eusebius and Jerome. "^ Erlangen. The library annexed to the University here has 100,000 volumes on its shelves. "7 It also possesses a collection of manuscripts, which deserves attention from Irish students. "^ Its catalogue isaninterestingone. "9 Fischingen. —ThereisacuriousaccountofFisch- ingen, in Switzerland, having had a colony of Christians settled at that place, in the second century. '^o Florence. —The city of Florence—founded by the ancient Romans'31—is especially rich in the possession of great public and various private libraries. The chief public library is a noble one,'^* and thereligiousorderswerenotwithouttheirownvaluablerecords. ^33 Several
most valuable historical manuscripts are here preserved. '34 From the learned Maurist Benedictine Father D. Bernard de Montfaucon's enumeration, we learn, that some of these should interest the Irish ecclesiologist. '35 a more modern account of the artistic and literary treasures at Florence is that con-
'=" See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. v. ,
p. 130.
"3 See De Blainville's ** Travels through
"
Holland,Germany,SwitzerlandandItaly. Published at London, a. d. 1757, in three
volumes, 4to.
'= Among these is " Vita S.
served its record, in two volumes, describing the printed books, in 1786, and in his de- scription of the manuscripts, in two volumes, A. D. 1 79 1. See Rev. T. F, Dibdin's
"Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Pic-
turesque Tour in France and Germany,"
vol. iii. , Letter xli. , pp. 226 to 236.
*' "
See Braun's Notitia Historico-Lite-
raria de Codicibus Manuscriptis in Biblio- theca Liberi et Imperialis Monasterii Ordinis S. Benedicti ad SS. Uldaricum et Afram
luckily pre-
It contains 20,000 volumes. See
427.
^3 See "Catalogus Grsecorum Libronim
Manuscriptorum Augustanse Bibliothecse.
"
** See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. ii. ,
P- 557-
^5 M. Jaeck, the Royal Librarian at Bam-
''
his work,
offentlichen Bibliothek zu Bamberg," was issued A. D. 1 83 1. The second part appeared many years subsequently.
** See A," pp. 13 Cooper's "Appendix
to 19. Also, "Supplement to Appendix A," p. 3-
''7 See Steinbrenner's "Reise durch
einigeTeutsche, Schweitzer und Franzosische
Provinzen," or Journey through some Ger- man, Swiss, and French Provinces. Pub- lished in three 8vo volumes, and printed at Gottingen, A. D. 1791, 1792.
^ See William Coxe's ' ' Travelsin Switzer- land and in the Country of the Grisons," vol. i. , letter 15, p. 158. Fourth edition.
cxxxvm INTRODUCTION.
University/9 founded a. d. 1459. There are Manuscripts in its public
library, 7° of exceeding great value, for the Irish hagiographer's purposed' Its contents^^ have been described by different travellers,73 and are noted in cata-
*9 See F. Ennis' "
76 See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. ii. ,
p. 709.
77 See Coxe's "Travels in Switzerland
and in the Country of the Grisons," vol. ii. Letter 25, p. 235.
78 See Sinner's "CatalogusCodicum MSS. Bibliothec3e Bemensis. " Berne. In three
vols. ,Svo,A. D. 1760to1762. Anindexto
this work in at Berne. It is appeared 1772,
Berlin. —There are various
—but not which contains 150,000 volumes. 7^ Berne. This is the capital city of a Swiss canton, so
named, and it contains a very fine collection both of books77 and of curious
Manuscripts. 78 The town library comprises about 35,000 volumes, and it is well stored with materials, relating to Swiss History. 79 Its varied Manu- scripts are also known to include subjects of great interest for Irish eccle- siologists. ^ BoBBio. —This northern Itahan episcopal city^'—an ancient foundation of the great Irish St. Columbanus—contains many remarkable IrishManuscripts. '^ ThesceneryaroundBobbioisofanexceedinglywild and romantic character. '3 Bologna. —The University of Bologna—a city long renowned for its patronage of learning, and of the fine arts^*—contained about 150,000 volumes, and 7,000 manuscripts, in 1857. ^5 We may fairly
logues. 7+ —
important Manuscripts's
many of a very ancient date
—in the
public library
at
Berlin,
of
Complete System Modem Geography," p. 905. Published at
Dublin, A. D. 1 816, in 4to shape.
7° In 1845, this contained upwards of
50,000 volumes, and many interesting manu-
scripts. See J. S. Buckingham's "Belgium, the Rhine, Switzerland and Holland," vol.
ii. , chap, xvii. , p. 239.
7' See " Cooper's
Appendix A," pp. 19
to 26. Also, " Supplement to Appendix intituled " Bibliothecae Bemensis Codicum
A," pp. 3, 4.
7' The
contains
:
MSS. Syllabus ex majori opere contractus. "
79 See " Handbook for Tra- Murray's
vellers in Switzerland, and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. " Route 24, p. 69.
70,000 volumes, and 4,000 manuscripts, according to Murray's " Handbook for Travellers in and
public library
and the
of
*" See " Cooper's
Switzerland,
Piedmont. " Routei. , p. 3.
Savoy
Appendix A," pp. 29 to 46, and "Supplement to Appendix A,"
" See Reboulet et Labrune, " Voyage de Suisse. " Published at la Haye, A. D. 1686, in i2mo. Also, Bemouilli's " Lettres sur differens sujets ecrites pendant le cours d'un
pp. 5 to 7.
^'
It lies at the foot of the Appenines, about 45 miles north-east of Genoa. See
Alps
" De Bibliotheca " and an " Inven- at Berlin, a. d. 1777, in three vols. , 8vo. tarium Librorum Monasterii S. Columbani 7^ See "Catalogue of some of the manu- de Bobio quod renovatum fuit in 1461. "
Among these manuscripts, one contains por- tions of a Latin commentary on the Gospel of St. Mark, with Irish glosses.
^3 See " Handbook for Travel- Murray's
lers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont. " Route 132, p. 400.
*See Rev. John Chetwode Eustace's "Classical Tour through Italy, An. mdcccii. Vol. i. , chap, vii. , pp. 257 to 269. Third
edition.
8sSee Murray's "Handbook for Tra-
Voyage par I'Allemagne,
la
la
^'
has
Peyron France et I'ltalie. " Published Bobiensi
scripts in the public library of Basle in Switzerland," in three folio pages, ex prelo Phillippico. Also see "Basileensis Biblio- thecae
Manuscripta Theologica," Spizelius, Sacra Bibliothecarum," pp. 17 to 48. See Coxe's "Travels in Switzerland," vol. i. ,
"
P- 154-
75 See Wilken's " Geschichte der Konig-
lichen Bibliothek zu Berlin," or History of the Royal Library at Berlin. Published at Berlin, A. D. 1828, in 8vo.
Suisse,
written, Meridionale, Commentatio,
"
Gazetteer of the World," vol. ii. , p. 787.
INTR OD UCTIOJSr. CXXXIX
assume, that there are some, which should serve to elucidate our ecclesi- astical history. Breslau. —The University of Breslau^^—A Prussian city—
and its various — have fine
corporations^^ libraries,^* including many
valuable
MSS. ^9 Bruxelles. InthecityofBruxelles,theJesuitCollegeS. Michel
—the head-quarters of the BoUandists—contains a magnificent collection,? "
not alone of printed books, specially selected for their bearing on hagiogra-
phical subjects, but also it includes manuscript Acts of Saints, for every known
Christian country. s' Among them, of course, are biographies of various Irish Saints. In the Burgundian Library,? '^ there are numerous and most
valuable manuscripts, serving as materials for Irish, and especially for hagiological, history. 93 These are to be found in the Irish, English, Latin
and French
are enumerated in the " 9* and languages. They Inventaire,"
"
Repertoire"95 belonging to the library. Several manuscripts in this collec-
tion formerly belonged to the Irish Franciscan Community at Louvain, as
vellers in Central Italy," part i. Route 76. P- 37-
^The University Library contains 300,cxx5 volumes, and there are thirteen other libraries here : one of these com- prises 100,000 volumes. See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. iii. , p. 30.
logical, Canonical, Critical, Geographical, Historical, Topographical and Biographical Literature. Numberless miscellaneous works, with an immense collection of
printed missals, breviaries, lives and acts of saints, calendars and martyrologies, both
printed and in manuscript, also serve to illustrate the hagiology and church history of different provinces and nations throughout
*7 See Wachler, " Thomas Rehdiger und
seine Biichersammlung in Breslau :" or
Thomas Rehdiger and his collection of the world. During the period of his stay at
books at Breslau. Published at Breslau, in 8vo, A. D. 1828. Also, Scheibel's " Nach-
richten von der Merkwiirdigkeiten der Rehdigerischen Bibliothek zu Breslau :"J or Account of the curiosities of the Rehdigem
Brussels, the writer received a truly kind re- ception from the learned BoUandists ; and, to Father Victor De Buck, his obligations are specially due for his attentions, and for the friendly zeal he has since manifested in urging forward by advice and encourage- ment the publication of this present work.
^ This is said to have possessed in 1845,
as many as 15,000 manuscripts, originally collected by the Dukes of Burgundy, when they ruled over Belgium. See J. S. Buck- ingham's "Belgium, the Rhine, Switzer- land and Holland," vol. i. , chap, iv. , pp. 127, 128.
53 The city library here, according to one statement, possesses nearly 100,000 volumes, mostly saved from suppressed convents. The royal library, founded A. D. 1837, has 70,000 volumes, and 25,000 manuscripts. See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. iii. , p.
^^ 9^ This forms the first volume of the
" Init, theMSS. are Catalogue. "
Published at Breslau,
"Notitia Manuscrip- torum Bibliothecae Eehdigerianae a CI. Bibliothecario G. Krantzio summa cum fide et dexteritate A 1695, ^- ^^- ^o^- ^^1-
tradita, communicato vero illius Avtographo descripta manu. Joh. Emesti Lammeri K. sil. SS. Th. C. A. 1718 et 1719 initio. "
^ Some of these have an interest for the British and Irish hagiographer. See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 49 to 56. Also " Supplement to Appendix A," p. 8.
Library at Breslau. in 4to, A. D. 1 794.
^ Our authority is
9° A long range of rooms preserves those books and manuscripts, which were brought together within the last forty years. In 95-
July, 1863, when visited by the writer, an additional suite of chambers was in course
to receive books not then
printed
enumerated, without reference to subject.
of
preparation, placed.
9S This is the second volume, and a
"
Ca-
9' In the Bollandist Library, there is a Vast collection of Biblical, Patristic, Theo-
talogue Methodique," according to a de- partmental arrangement.
Cxi INTRODUCTION.
also to the old Bollandists. 9^ The Irish manuscripts have been pretty ac- curately noticed by Mr. Bindon, and the Rev. Dr. Todd reproduced his
account,97inastatementplacedbeforetheRoyalIrishAcaderay. 5* Manyof those codices have been already —noticed in preceding, and shall be referred to in following, pages. Cadouin. In France, Cadouin was an ancient abbey, belonging to the diocese of Perigueux, and it contained some interesting
99 It is now a canton and commune of in the — manuscripts. France, depart-
ment of the Dordogne, and in the arrondissement of Bergerac. *°° Caen.
In this ancient city of Normandy, '°' it would seem, that manuscripts likely
to be of interest to the Irish historiographer are preserved in the public
^°* library.
'°3 in —
but
to have increased to 40,000 volumes. '"^ Cambrai. This French city has an interesting collection of MSS. in the public library. Among these are some Irish canons. '°5 It is likely enough, various other manuscripts have perished in the wTreck of more than twenty convents and religious e—difices here during the French Revolution. '°^ Carlsruhe or Carlsrouhe. This capitalcityofBadenhasapubliclibrary,containing90,000volumes. ^°7 There are said to be manuscripts, written by Irish monks, and with Irish glosses, in it. ^°^ Cologne. —This celebrated city, on the right bank of the Rhine, has several good libraries, containing a great many manuscripts. '°9 In the archives of the great cathedral, at Cologne, are various MSS. "° These serve
This contained
25,000 volumes,
1854,
since,
it
appears
s* Others seem, from various entries, to have been formerly the property of several monastic libraries.
97 At a meeting of the Royal Irish Aca- demy, held on the 24th of May, 1847.
Irish
1804," vol. ii. , letter Ixxxvii. pp. 367 to 371.
'"See Rev. T. F. Dibdin's "Biographi-
cal, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany," vol. i. Letter xiv. ,
Con-
'<>< See "Handbook for Travel- Murray's
lers in France. " Route 25, p. 75.
"5 See " et Glay's Catalogue Descriptif
Raisonne des Manuscrits de la Bibliothe- simile illustrations, etc. " By Samuel H. ques de Cambrai," published at Cambrai,
Bindon, pp. i to 32. Dublin : mdcccxlvii. A. D. 183 1, in 8vo.
9^ See " of the Proceedings
pp. 324 to 340. X03 See " The
Royal
Academy," vol. iii. , pp. 477 to 502. This ducted by Charles Knight. Geography,
English Cyclopaedia. " valuable paper has been published in a vol. ii. , col. 213.
under the ** Some No- title,
separate form,
tices of Manuscripts relating to Ireland, in
now to be found in the
various
Burgundian Library, at Brussels, with fac-
these
belonging
to convents and
abbeys,
to 60. And "
Supplement to Appendix
languages,
8vo.
» See M. Martial
" Essai sur les
'<^ Not a vestige of Fenelon's tomb, nor
even the church which contained was in it,
existence, at the beginning of the present
Delpit's
anciens Pelerinages a Jerusalem. " It con-
tained some texts of Sanctis. "
' ' De Locis
Forbes' ' ' from Letters
Adamnan,
See
France, written in the years 1803 and 1804," vol. i. , Letter xxi. , p. 220.
'""See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. iii. , p. 152.
"'
contained fourteen parish churches, besides
century.
James
"^7 See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. Before the French Revolution, Caen iii. , p. 319.
but the number was — reduced in the greatly
into a lyceum. See James Forbes' " Letters "° See "Catalogus Historicus Criticus from Fiance, written in the years 1803 to Codicum MSS. Bibliotheca? Ecclesiae Me-
beginning of this century
'°9 See
the fine Bene-
dictine abbey there having been converted paidia. " Geography, vol. ii. , col. 534.
"^ See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 58
A," pp. 9,
lo.
Charles Knight's "English Cyclo-
Murray's
" Handbook for Travel-
UndecimMilliumVirginumColon, printed A. D. 1507. No. 815. Vita S. Brendani, Vita S. Fursaji. The librarian
'" See
lers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. " Route I, p. 37.
obliging
kindly informed me, that if, at any future
"* Sir Thomas " Phillipps' Catalogus
time, I found it necessary to apply for tran- scripts from the Douai Manuscripts, or fur- ther information regarding them, he should be happy to furnish whatever might be re- quired. A hurried visit did not afford time for proper examination.
"® "
See Murray's Handbook for Travel-
lers in France. " Route 8. I, p.
"9 The Irish Franciscans had a house in
Douai, which perished during the French Revolution, and the writer was shown that place, where stood the old Irish College, now destroyed. The site was occupied by a fine French mansion.
'=° Sir Charles " Cyclo- Knight's English
paedia. " Geography. Vol. ii. , col. 803. '^' Ebert's "Geschichte und Beschrei* bung der Koniglichen offentlichen Biblio- thek zu Dresden," or History and Descrip- tion of the Royal Public Library at Dres- den. Published at Leipzig, A. D. 1822, in
8vo shape.
Bi- bliothecse Monasterii Corbeiensis, Codex
Sseculi XI. "
"7 In July, 1863, the author visited this
library, when the young and learned Pere
De Haisnes, College de S. Jean, was libra- rian. At that time, a new division of the
was in and the
library progress, manuscripts
were carefully stowed in boxes, so that no
access to them was practicable. However, the courteous librarian directed my atten- tion to notices of Irish hagiographical manuscripts in the catalogue, of which I took the following notes : No. 792. Lives of St. Livinus, St. Columban, and St. Co-
tNTROD UCTtON. cxli
to throw some light on Irish ecclesiastical affairs. "^ Copenhagen. —The Royal Library at Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, contains about
400,000 volumes, and a valuable collection of 15,000 manuscripts. Among them are many Icelandic ones, written in the Runic character. These are now in course of publication, and they must serve greatly to illustrate Scan- dinavian history and literature, as also the ancient state of Iceland and of Greenland. '" HughWardmentions,"3thatheheardofaquantityofIrish manuscripts, in the King of Denmark's library', that they were brought
from Ireland 800
facts from eye-witnesses. Correy or Corbie. In the Department of the Somme and arrondissement of Amiens"^ is the town of Corbie, in France. It contained MSS. of great interest, as appears from a catalogue privately printed. "^ Douai. —Thisoldcity,inthenorthofFrance,hasafinepublic library, containing 30,000 volumes. "^ It has a large collection of manu- scripts,"^ and among them are a few, embracing Acts of our Irish Saints. During the fury of the French Revolution, several books and manuscripts, belongingtoreligioushouseshere,wereburned. Someweredestroyed,or havedisappeared. "9 Theremnantisnowpreservedinthepubliclibrary. Dresden. —The Royal Public Library at Dresden contains 300,000 printed
volumes, 3,000 manuscripts, above 150,000 pamphlets, and 20,000 maps. "° It is not without some hagiographical materials for the Irish writer. "'
before the time he — and that he learned such years wrote,"4
t ropolitanae Coloniensis. " Printed at Cologne, A. D. 1752, in 4to shape.
"' See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 62 to 65, and "Supplement to Appendix A," pp. II, 12.
"3 See " Sancti Rumoldi Vita," pp. 272,
317-
"* In the earlier part of the seventeenth
century.
"5 See "Gazetteer of the World," vol.
iv. , p. 671.
lumba. No. 793. Life of Blessed Ethbin.
No. 804. Life of St. Columban, Abbot, and
with this manuscript is bound " Historia "
cxlli INTROD UCTION.
Eberach. —Eberach is a town of Baden, in the circle of the Lower Rhine. "' Its library"3 contains many interesting old manuscripts. "+ Epternac. —
There are very rare codices preserved in the Monastery of Eptemac. "5 Here there is a priceless and very ancient Martyrology, which has been con- jectured to contain the handwriting of St. Willibrord himself. As we have already seen, this codex was probably brought from Ireland, and, it is sup- posed to be the only copy exta—nt of that old Martyrology, ascribed to Eusebius and Jerome. "^ Erlangen. The library annexed to the University here has 100,000 volumes on its shelves. "7 It also possesses a collection of manuscripts, which deserves attention from Irish students. "^ Its catalogue isaninterestingone. "9 Fischingen. —ThereisacuriousaccountofFisch- ingen, in Switzerland, having had a colony of Christians settled at that place, in the second century. '^o Florence. —The city of Florence—founded by the ancient Romans'31—is especially rich in the possession of great public and various private libraries. The chief public library is a noble one,'^* and thereligiousorderswerenotwithouttheirownvaluablerecords. ^33 Several
most valuable historical manuscripts are here preserved. '34 From the learned Maurist Benedictine Father D. Bernard de Montfaucon's enumeration, we learn, that some of these should interest the Irish ecclesiologist. '35 a more modern account of the artistic and literary treasures at Florence is that con-
'=" See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. v. ,
p. 130.
"3 See De Blainville's ** Travels through
"
Holland,Germany,SwitzerlandandItaly. Published at London, a. d. 1757, in three
volumes, 4to.
'= Among these is " Vita S.
