The inestimably
precious
Stowe Manuscripts,"?
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
iiicous.
\o\.
saints of y'= Romane Breviary vntil that
VI. —1603-1624. The jniblication com- tyme; aCathologueofy-' PopesofRoome; menced A. n. 1S65, and it still proceeds, in ti^-. '. v y^ Irish antl English were converted to
imperial Svo volumes. In addition, the tlie Catholique faith ; w''' many other things,
"
reader may consult Report of the Deputy . T- the reader may finde, and soe under-
stan;! ing what they containe, lett him re- member
Tri. i. Y C'oNKV.
ruilcijuA O niAoleconAipe. " We are told, that this account of the con- tends is both inadequate and erroneous. It is said to be doubtful, if this MS. contains a copy of any part of the Psalter of Cashel, although this celebrated ^LS. is sometimes referred to or quoted. There is reason to suppose, tliis Bodleian >LS. may liave lost some portion of its contents, since Tully
Conry furnished the foregoing account, un- classed and described : "MS. 1730. 263. less he fell into a mistake. In an entry, Vol. X. " It contains, " Mirabilia Cor- this MS. is designated "The Psalter of Mac nubiae, Hiberniae, Anglia", Scotia: et Va! - Richard Butler ;" and for convenience sake,
Keeper of the Public Records and of the
S. Ihewer to the Master of the Rolls, upon the Carte and Carew Papers in the Bodleian and Lambeth Libraries. " A. i). 1864.
rum Bibliotheca; Bodleian. -e in . -Ycadcmie
Oxoniensi," per Thomam Hyde, published
in a thick folio at Oxford, A. n. 1674. A later and a more carefully compiled cata- logue was again issued at Oxford, in two thick folio volumes, a. d. 1738.
lise. "
'* We obtain a
"
345. We are told, that it is a large vellum vtoraiida regarding it.
'5 Among its manuscripts, one is tlius
very interesting
tailed account of an ancient Irish manu-
and de-
the Rev. Dr. Todd, who gives a history of
this 'codex and its several so possessors,
calls it. He does not pretend, however, to script here kept, in the Proceedings of the present a complete account of its contents, Royal Irish Academy," vol. ii. , pp. 336 to although he furnishes some interesting ! ne-
'"
This most interesting collection of ma- to Archbishop Laud. On the margin of nuscripts relating to English history, anti-
4to manuscript, which formerly belonged
its first page, the autograph
logical, theological and poetical, written by various hands and at different dates. The ancient Irish called such collection a psalter. On the inside of its cover, this memoran-
may
large
Catalogus
be seen. It contains a
Librorum Bib- Manuscriptorum
"
1673- This booke is a famous coppie of a
great part of SaIcaii\ CAipiL, the booke of St. Mochuda of Rathin and Lismore, and
Smitho, a folio, with a fine portrait of Sir Robt. Cotton, ]-)ublished Oxonii, . \. D. 1696. '^ It is intituled, "De Primis Ecclesia- rum Christianarum in Gallia, Anglia at Ili-
it
bernia Fundatoribus," and seems to have
been transcribed from a manuscript, written
about the year 720. It is classed, Cleop. E. 1. f. 5. It is a paper folio, written in the seventeenth century. See Sir Thomas
"
Duffus Hardy's
Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland," vol. i. , part i. , p. 423. Three volumes of this valuable historical guide have been published already ; and the
dum is pasted :
Oxford of
y<= 9th August,
the chronicles of Conga ;
Ireland, a Cathologue of their Kings, of the coming in of y« Romans vnto England, of )* coming of y« Saxons ; a notable ca-
tained divine many
and most
y= part
Descriptive Catalogue of
things,
of y' Antiquities of y' auncientest houses in
"
G. Carew"
quities and topography, is described in the
"
collection
of miscellaneous pieces, historical, genea- liotheca; CoUoniana;," scriptore Thoma
wherein is con-
cxxx INTRODUCTION.
The University Library at Cambridge'' must be regarded as a valuable source forconsultation. AcollectionofMS. ,relatingtoBritishhistoryandantiquities,
as also to Irish affairs, is deposited in the library of Corpus Christi. =° The
=^' TowerofLondon"'andChapterHouseatWestminster, containsomecurious
charters and rolls, but chiefly useful for the compilation of British history. The State Paper Office,="3 and the Public Record Office, at London, con- stitute the most complete and perfect series of documents for British history,'* and these serve, likewise, to elucidate Irish matters, especially since the period of the Anglo-Norman invasion. 's Some old municipal collections
fourth, which brings the date from A. D. spectantes, ex Archivis in Domo cap.
1327, is now at press.
''See Rev. C. H. Hartshome's *'Book
Rarities in the University of Cambridge," in 8vo. , 1829.
*° To their contents, we have a guide in
Nasmith's " Catalogue of Manuscripts in "
Westmon. deprompti," vol. i. in 8vo, 1834. "3 From A. D. 1803 to 1852, eleven 4to volumes were published by the Record Commissioners of "State Papers, during thereignofHenrytheEighth: withIndices of Persons and Places. " The contents
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1777.
in 4to,
Vol. i.
:
" The Record Commissioners have given
a clue to the contents, by issuing the follow-
ing folio volume—s, edited by Sir Thomas
DufTus Hardy: " Rotuli Chartarum in
Turri Londinensi asservati. 1199—1216. "
Vol i. , issued in 1837. "Rotuli Littera-
rum Clausanim in Turri Londinensi asser-
vati. Vol. i. , 1204— issued A. D. " ofIreland. "
1833.
1844.
Londinensi asservati. 1 20 1
A. D. 1835. The introduction was published
8vo shape :
Rotuli Normanniae in Turri
1224,"
History
*< Under the direction of the Master of
the Rolls, and under the able editorial su-
pervision of competent ladies and gentlemen, a most voluminous series of calendars, relat- ing to the contents of public records and documents, illustrating British, Irish and Colonial history, has been already published by an order of the Lords of the Treasury. The first of these imperial 8vo volumes was printed A. D. 1856, and the course of publi- cation yet proceeds.
Vol " 1224—1227," issued a. d. ii. ,
"Rotuli Litterarum Patentium in
—
in 8vo. The following appeared in royal
"
Londinensi asservati. 1200—1205 ; also,
i4i7toi4i8. " Vol i. , A. D. 1835. "Ro- tuli de Oblatis et Finibus in 1 urri Londin-
1 2 1 6,
"
issued
ensi asservati, tempore Regis Johannis. "
Vol. i. , A. D. 1835. "Excerpta e Rotulis
Finium in Turr—i Londinensi asservatis.
Henry IH. , 1216 1272. " This was edited interest for the Irish historical student are
by Charles Roberts, Esq. , in 2 vols. , A. D. 1835, 1836.
'* The history of Scotland receives some advantage from the preservation of these
these: "Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII. ,
Edward IV. , Mary and Elizabeth, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. " Edited by Hans Claud—e Hamilton, Esq. , F. S. A. Vol. 1. -1509 1573. , A. D. i860. Vol. ii. —1574—1585, A. D. 1867. Ano-
documents, as described in
"
Rotuli Scotioe
in Turri Londinensi, et in Domo Capitulari
Westmonasteriensi asservati. 19 Edward I.
—Henry VIIL" Edited by David Mac- ther volume is in the press, and it be- pherson, John Caley, and W. Illingworth, gins with 1586 of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Esqrs. , and the Rev. T. Hartwell Home. Her successor's government is illustrated by In 2 volumes, folio, A. D. 1819. Again, a " Calendar of State Papers relating to Irish affairs receive illustration from "Ro- Ireland, of the Reign of James I. , presei-ved tuli Select! ad Res Anglicas et Hibernicas in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, and
were
—
Domestic Correspondence. Vols. ii. & iii. —Correspondence relating to Ireland. Vols. iv. & v. —Correspondence relatingtoScotland. Vols. vi. toxi. —Cor-
respondence between England and Foreign Courts. The first of our Irish historical writers, who made use of the State Papers, was the illustrious bard of Erin, Thomas Moore, while engaged in compiling his
"5 Among these, the volumes of special
seem adapted to the purpose, should be placed in the common library of the Guildhall for the use of students. About one hundred years afterwards, Protector Somerset carried away an immense number of the works. In 1553. the library was let as a common clothes- mart. Those manuscripts and books which remained were destroyed, in the great fire of
The History and Antiquities of Dur- ham," by William Hutchinson, F. S. A. , in three 4to volumes, printed at Newcastle, A. D. 1785, as also "The History and Anti- quities of Durham," by Robert Surtees, in four folio volumes, published in London, from A. D. 1 81 6 to 1840, will affiard the en-
INTRODUCTION. CXXXl
and documents should also reward the industry of the historical student,^^
while these might help to enlighten us regarding places and churches, asso- ciated with the memories of certain Irish Saints.
The inestimably precious Stowe Manuscripts,"? collected by the Duke of Buckingham, and since trans- ferred to the custody of Lord Ashburnham, are almost inaccessible to Irish scholars. There is a fine collection of manuscripts,'^ in the Cathedral Library,*? * at Canterbury. 3° The public library, attached to Durham Cathe- dral,3^ abounds in some fine specimens of illuminated and plainer manu- scripts, which have an interest altogether special for the student of Irish history, while many of these are in the peculiar opus Hibernicum style. 3" A vast number of ancient and irrecoverable monastic records, formerly existing before the suppression of religious houses in these islands, has been dispersed, destroyed, and lost,33 since the sixteenth century. Only a small part of
elsewhere. Edited by Rev. C. W. Russell,
D. D. , and John P. Prendergast, Esq. , Bar- rister-at-Law. Vol. i. —1603—1606, A. D. 1872. This series is in continuation of the Irish State Papers, commencing with the reign of Henry VIII. ; but, for the reign of James I. , the Papers are not confined to those in the Public Record Office of Eng- land. The same learned editors have in the press, vol. ii. of this series, which commences with the year 1606. Another series is at press under the following title : "Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland, excerpted from the Records preserved in her Majesty's Public Record Office ; to the end of the Reign of Henry VII. " Edited by Henry Savage Sweetman, Esq. , A. B. , Trinity College, Dublin, Barrister-at-Law.
1666. For more than a century and a half,
the London Corporation made no attempt
a At
to re-establish library. the present
time, however, their library contains no less than 50,000 volumes, devoted to the un- restricted use of the people.
^^ As we have already seen, a full descrip- tion of these has been furnished by Dr. Charles O'Conor, D. D. , in "Bibliotheca MSS. Stowensis. "
=8
See H. J. Todd's "Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Church Library of Can- terbury, with some account of the Deans, from the time of Henry VIII. " This was printed 1793, in an 8vo volume.
"9 The first English library, it is said, was
founded by Pope Gregory I. , in 596, when
St. Augustine, the missionary bishop,
^ Sir Richard Whittington founded a lib—rary at Grey Friars—now Christ's Hospi-
tal in 1421, at a cost of ^400 in the cur-
rency of that time. Pie also gave many precious treasures, in manuscript, to the Guildhall Library, and devoted ;if400 to the erection of a suitable edifice in which to 3' preserve them. John Carpenter, who founded the City of London School, gave directions in his will, that any " good or rare books" which he possessed, and which might
brought nine precious volumes of a religious
character and deposited them at Canterbury.
3°
See W. Woolnoth's "History of the
Cathedral of Canterbury, with Biographical Sketches, and an Account of the Convent
of Christ Church," in 4to, London, 1816.
•'
much useful information.
32 The writer had an opportunity affiarded
him of inspecting these manuscripts, during a visit to Durham, in July, 1872.
33 John Bale, who wrote in 1549, and Ful- ler, testify to the wanton destruction of vari-
quirer
CXXXll INTRODUCTION.
those Chartularies has been preserved and identified with their former places. 34 Exclusive of such documents, the parochial and other registers
containlittleofaninterestingcharacter,forthehagiologist'spurpose; nor,in private collections, do we as yet discover, all that may serve to assist his researches. 35
Although, in many of the large Continental cities and towns, throughout Europe, there are numberless manuscripts relating to Irish hagiology and Church history ; yet, it must be regretted, that several are still unknown. Others have been imperfectly examined and described. 3'5 Catalogues, al-
ready published, furnish lists or notices, more or less detailed, regarding ma- terials to be found in different libraries, archives and collections. 37 The travelsoflearnedmenhavesomewhatincreasedourknowledge. Asfew scholars are afforded, notwithstanding, time or opportunity for travel to inspect all of those literary treasures,38 dispersed in so many different places,
ous early libraries and their contents. See Richard Sims' " Manual for the Genealogist, Topographer, Antiquary, and Legal Pro-
fessor,"&c. MonasticRecords,p. lo.
34 A good and succinct account of such documents may be found in the work just
quoted. See ibid. , pp. 14 to 28.
33 An examination of the various annual
" Reports of the Royal Commission on His- torical Manuscripts," in folio shape, and be- ginning with the year 1870, will exhibit the materials kept in public or private libraries, and specially useful for Irish ecclesiastical students.
3* A very valuable book for reference is a royal octavo volume, headed on the first pagCi " Appendix (A)," and subsequentlythis is fol- lowed by a "Supplement to Appendix (A). " This, as a serial part, was compiled by Charles Purton Cooper, Esq. , from printed
books and from foreign correspondence. The book itself was intended as an Appen- dix to a Report on the Historical Records, relating to Ireland, as preserved in foreign Libraries. That report, however, was not published, nor was a title-page ever printed for its appendices. The "Appendix (A)" contains 259 closely-printed pages, while the "Supplement to Appendix (A. )" con- sists of 116 similar pages, together with 28 plates, giving fac-simile characters, from va- rious old Irish MSS. Several marginal notes occur throughout this book, which either explain the compiler's design, or
foreign correspondence, or bibliographical notices of those books and manuscripts, contained in the various libraries to which he refers. A copy of this work, containing a few pencilled notes, and memoranda in the author's handwriting, was presented to the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, There it is found classed, "Gall. G. 12, 27. " In this work, special reference is given to matters, regarding Irish hagiology. Head-
which refer to particulars in connection with la Congregation de S. Maur, Published
the manuscripts he designates. The volume at Paris, from A. D. 1 750 to 1765, in six also contains extracts from Mr. Cooper's volumes quarto.
ings and traces of saints' acts are often fur- '
nished. The different places, where such Irish or British historical materials exist,
follow in regular alphabetical order. Some of these localities are passed over ; the
author referring merely to printed catalogues of their several libraries.
37 See the learned Benedictine Montfau- con's work, " Bibliotheca Bibliothecarum. " This was published at Paris, in two folio volumes, A. D. 1729. Also, Bailly's "No- tices historiques sur les Bibliotheques. " This work issued at Paris a. d. 1828, in 8vo.
3* For a considerable amount of bibliogra- phical information, the —student may examine
these succeeding works:
Struvius' "Notitia
Rei Litterariae.
"
This octavo volume was
published at Frankfort and Leipzig, in
1754, edited by Fischer. Still a better oc-
tavo edition, by Ingler, appeared at Jena, in the same year, and in three volumes. Like- wise, see "Nouveau Traite de Diploma- tique," par deux Religieux Benedictins de
INTRODUCTION.
the aid of learned and descriptive manuals39 for the Hbrarian must usually be sought. 4° The examination and publication of great historical collections and library catalogues, relating to French,*^ German,-*'
39 The reader may consult Fabricius, " De Bouquet, a priest of this order, and pub- Transpositione Bibliothecaram Memora- lished at Paris, in 1738. This learned bili,"J. J. Bauer, " Bibliotheca Librorum editor carried on his work to the eighth Rariorum," Ebert's "Zur Handschriften- volume. Afterwards the tomes M-ere kunde. " This work was published at successively issued and edited, by other
Leipzig, in two volumes octavo, A. D. 1825, 1827.
*° Some general works and editions of great value for this investigation are : Jacob's
''
Traicte des plus belles Bibliotheques pub- liques et particulieres qui ont este et qui sont a present dans le Monde. " Published
at Paris, in 8vo, A. D, 1644. A work of Maderus, "De Bibliothecis atque Archivis. "
members of the order, to the commencement of the present century. Members of the French Institute have since continued that work, which had lately been issued from the French Imperial press. The twenty- first tome appeared in 1855.
''^ The libraries, in various old, indepen-
dent, but at present absorbed or centralized,
states of Germany, have been admirably
described by several competent scholars. 4to, A. D. 1702 to A. D. 1705. A work of Thus we may refer to Mabillon's " Iter
Published at Helmstadt, in three volumes,
' ' Dissertatio in Primum Germanicarum. " On this the
Pezius,
Tomum Thesauri Novissimi Anecdotorum. "
This was published at Augsburg, in five
folio volumes, between the years 1 72 1 and
"" 1 728. Also Mabillon's Vetera Analecta.
Issued at Paris, A. D, 1723, in folio.
*' See "Iter Gerbertus,
Germany ''
Isagogica
subject, scholar may consult Kundmannus, " Aca-
demiae et Scholae Germanise, praecipue Du- catus Silesise, cum Bibliothecis in Nummis. "
Published at Breslau, a. d. 1741, in 4to. During the last century, too, the remarkable libraries of have been described in
Alemannicum,
accedit Italicum et Gallicum. " Published Hirsching's Sehenswiirdige Bibliotheken
at St. Blasius, Suabia, in 8vo, A. D. 1765. A vast amount of historical, as likewise of literary and scientific information—espe- cially as relating to Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany—will be found in the periodical series of octavo volumes, published at Geneva, where issued in Ja-
"
Teutschlands. " This work was published at Erlangen, in four octavo volumes, be-
tweentheyears 1786 and 1791. Literary
travels through several of the German
States are found in Baader's " Reisendurch
verschiedene Gegenden Deutschlandes in
Briefen. " This work was published at
Augsburg, in one octavo volume, A. D. 1795,
Early in the present century. Von Aretin
had been appointed a commissioner to visit
Bavarian convents that had been secularized,
to their and to seize all the inspect libraries,
MSB. he could find for the Electoral Col-
lection. He " zur Ges- published Beytrage
chichte und Literatur," or Contributions to History and Literature. In this work, he gives an account of his tour and of the prin- cipal codices he discovered. All these, it is
nuary, A. D. 1796, the
tannique," for the first time. In 18 16, this seriesassumedthetitle, "LaBibliotheque Universelle ;" and later still, it issued un- der the title. " RevueSuisseetEtrangere. " Especiallyas
regards France,
Bibliotheque Bri-
Bibliotheque Universel,
the student of Irish eccle- siastical history will find De Chesne's " His- torise Francorum Scriptores Coetanei" most instructive. It was published at Paris, A. D. 1636 and succeeding years, in several fine
folio volumes. See also Buchan's "Col- presumed, are now at Munich. The work
lection des Chroniques Nationales Fran-
9aises. " This has been issued at Paris, from
appeared in this city from 1803 to 1807 in nineoctavovolumes. Besidestheforegoing works, the student may consult with great
1824 to 1828, in a series of forty-seven
volumes, 8vo. That great work, ' ' Recueil advantage, the German Art Lexicon of
"
Teutsches Kiinstler was projected by the Benedictine Fathers Lexicon. " This work was published at of the Congregation of St. Maur. The Lemgo, in three octavo volumes, between first folio volume was edited by Dom Martin the years 1808 an4 1814. The archives
des Historiens des Gaules et de la France," Meusel, intituled,
CXXXIV INTRonUCTION.
Austrian, Swiss,43 Italian,44 Spanish,<s Portuguese,^^ Danish,''? Swedish, Dutchj+s Belgian,49 Norwegian,5° and Icelandics^ affairs, have greatly enlarged our sphere of knowledge. This labour has been effected
which illustrate ancient German history are trantur, et confirmantur ingenti copia Di-
indicated in
*'
Archiv der Gesellschaft fiir plomatum et Chartanmi Veterum, nunc
altere deutsche Geschichtkunde. " This primum ex Archivis Italiae depromptarum,
work was published in Frankfort and Han- additis etiam Nummis, Chronicis, aliisque
over, from 1819 to 183 1, in six octavo vo- Monumentis nunquam antea editis. " In
lumes. But, if latest published, foremost six magnificent folio volumes, published at
among such authorities for the Irish hagio-
''
Monumenta Germa- niae Historica, inde ab anno Christi Quin- gentesimo usque ad annum Millesimum et
Milan, from A. D. 1738 to 1742. Several matters of interest for the Irish historical student will therein be revealed, as also in his grand monument of learning and labo-
grapher must stand,
Quingentesimum, auspiciis Societatis ape- rious editing, the " Rerum Italicarura riendis Fontibus Rerum Germanicarum Scriptores ab Anno ^Erse Christianae Quin- Medii ^vi," Edidit Georgius Heinricus gentesimo ad Millesimum quingentesimum, Pertz, serenissimi Britanniarum et Hanno- Quorum potissima pars nunc primum in veraeRegisTabularius. Thisgreatcollec-
tion issued, at Hanover, a. d. mdcccxxvi.
and succeeding years, so that no less than
XXI. magnificent folio tomes appeared to 1868.
43 A very valuable account of Switzerland
is that of Francis Guillimann, " De Rebus
Helvetiorum, sive Antiquitatum, Libri v. " Ex variis scripti tabulis, monimentis la-
pidibus, optimis plurium linguarum aucto- ribus. Published at Friburg, a. d. 1598, in
4to. The student is referred, likewise, to Ger- cken, who has published his Travels through
Suabia, Bavaria, Switzerland, Franconia,
the Rhenish Provinces, and those of the
Moselle, under the title, "Reisen durch graphis describere licuit, vel nunc primum Schwaben, Baiem, die Angranzende vulgatis, vel emendatis, nee non antiquo Schweiz, Franken, die Rheinischen Provin- Characterum specimine, et Figuris ^neis. zen, und an der Mosel," &c. This work Cum Indice Locupletissimo. This great
was issued in four octavo volumes, at Sten-
dal and Worms, between the years 1783
and1788. Nikolai's"ReisedurchDeutsch-
land und die Schweitz," or Journey through
Germany and Switzerland, was published
at Berlin and Stettin, in eight octavo vo- is the Novus Thesaurus Veterum Inscrip-
lumes, from 1783 to 1787.
** Those who desire to know the wealth
of Italian records may consult the pro- foundly learned Louis Anthony Muratori's
"
Antiquitates Italicae Medii ^vi, siveDis- sertationes de Moribus, Ritibus, Religione, Regimine, Magistratibus, Legibus, Studiis Literarum, Artibus, Lingua, Militia, Num- mis, Principibus, Libertate, Servitute, Foe- deribus, aliisque faciem et mores Italici Populi referentibus post declinationem Rom. Imp. ad Annum usque md. Omnia illus-
tionum in praecipuis earumdemcollectionibus hactenus praetermissarum," coUectore Lu- dovico Antonio Muratorio. This work ap- peared at Milan, in four fine folio volumes, from A. D. 1739 to 1742. As a supplement to Muratori's collections was published at
"
Re- rum Italicarum Scriptores ab Anno ^Erae Christianae Millesimo ad Milesimum, quo- rum potissima pars nunc primum in lucem prodit, ex Florentinarum Bibliothecarum Codicibus. " These tomes were edited by
lucem prodit ex Ambrosianae, Estensis, aliarumque insignium Bibliothecarum Codi- cibus. " Ludovicus Antonius Muratorius, Serenissimi Ducis Mutinae Bibliothecas Pras-
fectus, collegit, ordinavit, et Praefacionibus auxit, nonnullos ipse, alios vero Mediola- nenses Palatii Socii ad Mstorum Codicum fidem exactos, summoque labore, ac dili- gentia castigatos, variis Lectionibus, et Notis, tam editis veterum Eruditorum, quam novissimis auxere. Additis ad plenius operis, et universse Italicae Historiae omamentum, novis Tabulis Geographicis, et variis Longo-
bardorum Regum, Imperatorum,aliorumque Principum Diplomatibus, quae ab ipsis auto-
Thesaurus of Italian history and its best soxirces was published at Milan, in twenty-five
great folio volumes, commencing with A.
VI. —1603-1624. The jniblication com- tyme; aCathologueofy-' PopesofRoome; menced A. n. 1S65, and it still proceeds, in ti^-. '. v y^ Irish antl English were converted to
imperial Svo volumes. In addition, the tlie Catholique faith ; w''' many other things,
"
reader may consult Report of the Deputy . T- the reader may finde, and soe under-
stan;! ing what they containe, lett him re- member
Tri. i. Y C'oNKV.
ruilcijuA O niAoleconAipe. " We are told, that this account of the con- tends is both inadequate and erroneous. It is said to be doubtful, if this MS. contains a copy of any part of the Psalter of Cashel, although this celebrated ^LS. is sometimes referred to or quoted. There is reason to suppose, tliis Bodleian >LS. may liave lost some portion of its contents, since Tully
Conry furnished the foregoing account, un- classed and described : "MS. 1730. 263. less he fell into a mistake. In an entry, Vol. X. " It contains, " Mirabilia Cor- this MS. is designated "The Psalter of Mac nubiae, Hiberniae, Anglia", Scotia: et Va! - Richard Butler ;" and for convenience sake,
Keeper of the Public Records and of the
S. Ihewer to the Master of the Rolls, upon the Carte and Carew Papers in the Bodleian and Lambeth Libraries. " A. i). 1864.
rum Bibliotheca; Bodleian. -e in . -Ycadcmie
Oxoniensi," per Thomam Hyde, published
in a thick folio at Oxford, A. n. 1674. A later and a more carefully compiled cata- logue was again issued at Oxford, in two thick folio volumes, a. d. 1738.
lise. "
'* We obtain a
"
345. We are told, that it is a large vellum vtoraiida regarding it.
'5 Among its manuscripts, one is tlius
very interesting
tailed account of an ancient Irish manu-
and de-
the Rev. Dr. Todd, who gives a history of
this 'codex and its several so possessors,
calls it. He does not pretend, however, to script here kept, in the Proceedings of the present a complete account of its contents, Royal Irish Academy," vol. ii. , pp. 336 to although he furnishes some interesting ! ne-
'"
This most interesting collection of ma- to Archbishop Laud. On the margin of nuscripts relating to English history, anti-
4to manuscript, which formerly belonged
its first page, the autograph
logical, theological and poetical, written by various hands and at different dates. The ancient Irish called such collection a psalter. On the inside of its cover, this memoran-
may
large
Catalogus
be seen. It contains a
Librorum Bib- Manuscriptorum
"
1673- This booke is a famous coppie of a
great part of SaIcaii\ CAipiL, the booke of St. Mochuda of Rathin and Lismore, and
Smitho, a folio, with a fine portrait of Sir Robt. Cotton, ]-)ublished Oxonii, . \. D. 1696. '^ It is intituled, "De Primis Ecclesia- rum Christianarum in Gallia, Anglia at Ili-
it
bernia Fundatoribus," and seems to have
been transcribed from a manuscript, written
about the year 720. It is classed, Cleop. E. 1. f. 5. It is a paper folio, written in the seventeenth century. See Sir Thomas
"
Duffus Hardy's
Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland," vol. i. , part i. , p. 423. Three volumes of this valuable historical guide have been published already ; and the
dum is pasted :
Oxford of
y<= 9th August,
the chronicles of Conga ;
Ireland, a Cathologue of their Kings, of the coming in of y« Romans vnto England, of )* coming of y« Saxons ; a notable ca-
tained divine many
and most
y= part
Descriptive Catalogue of
things,
of y' Antiquities of y' auncientest houses in
"
G. Carew"
quities and topography, is described in the
"
collection
of miscellaneous pieces, historical, genea- liotheca; CoUoniana;," scriptore Thoma
wherein is con-
cxxx INTRODUCTION.
The University Library at Cambridge'' must be regarded as a valuable source forconsultation. AcollectionofMS. ,relatingtoBritishhistoryandantiquities,
as also to Irish affairs, is deposited in the library of Corpus Christi. =° The
=^' TowerofLondon"'andChapterHouseatWestminster, containsomecurious
charters and rolls, but chiefly useful for the compilation of British history. The State Paper Office,="3 and the Public Record Office, at London, con- stitute the most complete and perfect series of documents for British history,'* and these serve, likewise, to elucidate Irish matters, especially since the period of the Anglo-Norman invasion. 's Some old municipal collections
fourth, which brings the date from A. D. spectantes, ex Archivis in Domo cap.
1327, is now at press.
''See Rev. C. H. Hartshome's *'Book
Rarities in the University of Cambridge," in 8vo. , 1829.
*° To their contents, we have a guide in
Nasmith's " Catalogue of Manuscripts in "
Westmon. deprompti," vol. i. in 8vo, 1834. "3 From A. D. 1803 to 1852, eleven 4to volumes were published by the Record Commissioners of "State Papers, during thereignofHenrytheEighth: withIndices of Persons and Places. " The contents
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1777.
in 4to,
Vol. i.
:
" The Record Commissioners have given
a clue to the contents, by issuing the follow-
ing folio volume—s, edited by Sir Thomas
DufTus Hardy: " Rotuli Chartarum in
Turri Londinensi asservati. 1199—1216. "
Vol i. , issued in 1837. "Rotuli Littera-
rum Clausanim in Turri Londinensi asser-
vati. Vol. i. , 1204— issued A. D. " ofIreland. "
1833.
1844.
Londinensi asservati. 1 20 1
A. D. 1835. The introduction was published
8vo shape :
Rotuli Normanniae in Turri
1224,"
History
*< Under the direction of the Master of
the Rolls, and under the able editorial su-
pervision of competent ladies and gentlemen, a most voluminous series of calendars, relat- ing to the contents of public records and documents, illustrating British, Irish and Colonial history, has been already published by an order of the Lords of the Treasury. The first of these imperial 8vo volumes was printed A. D. 1856, and the course of publi- cation yet proceeds.
Vol " 1224—1227," issued a. d. ii. ,
"Rotuli Litterarum Patentium in
—
in 8vo. The following appeared in royal
"
Londinensi asservati. 1200—1205 ; also,
i4i7toi4i8. " Vol i. , A. D. 1835. "Ro- tuli de Oblatis et Finibus in 1 urri Londin-
1 2 1 6,
"
issued
ensi asservati, tempore Regis Johannis. "
Vol. i. , A. D. 1835. "Excerpta e Rotulis
Finium in Turr—i Londinensi asservatis.
Henry IH. , 1216 1272. " This was edited interest for the Irish historical student are
by Charles Roberts, Esq. , in 2 vols. , A. D. 1835, 1836.
'* The history of Scotland receives some advantage from the preservation of these
these: "Calendar of State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII. ,
Edward IV. , Mary and Elizabeth, preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office. " Edited by Hans Claud—e Hamilton, Esq. , F. S. A. Vol. 1. -1509 1573. , A. D. i860. Vol. ii. —1574—1585, A. D. 1867. Ano-
documents, as described in
"
Rotuli Scotioe
in Turri Londinensi, et in Domo Capitulari
Westmonasteriensi asservati. 19 Edward I.
—Henry VIIL" Edited by David Mac- ther volume is in the press, and it be- pherson, John Caley, and W. Illingworth, gins with 1586 of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Esqrs. , and the Rev. T. Hartwell Home. Her successor's government is illustrated by In 2 volumes, folio, A. D. 1819. Again, a " Calendar of State Papers relating to Irish affairs receive illustration from "Ro- Ireland, of the Reign of James I. , presei-ved tuli Select! ad Res Anglicas et Hibernicas in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, and
were
—
Domestic Correspondence. Vols. ii. & iii. —Correspondence relating to Ireland. Vols. iv. & v. —Correspondence relatingtoScotland. Vols. vi. toxi. —Cor-
respondence between England and Foreign Courts. The first of our Irish historical writers, who made use of the State Papers, was the illustrious bard of Erin, Thomas Moore, while engaged in compiling his
"5 Among these, the volumes of special
seem adapted to the purpose, should be placed in the common library of the Guildhall for the use of students. About one hundred years afterwards, Protector Somerset carried away an immense number of the works. In 1553. the library was let as a common clothes- mart. Those manuscripts and books which remained were destroyed, in the great fire of
The History and Antiquities of Dur- ham," by William Hutchinson, F. S. A. , in three 4to volumes, printed at Newcastle, A. D. 1785, as also "The History and Anti- quities of Durham," by Robert Surtees, in four folio volumes, published in London, from A. D. 1 81 6 to 1840, will affiard the en-
INTRODUCTION. CXXXl
and documents should also reward the industry of the historical student,^^
while these might help to enlighten us regarding places and churches, asso- ciated with the memories of certain Irish Saints.
The inestimably precious Stowe Manuscripts,"? collected by the Duke of Buckingham, and since trans- ferred to the custody of Lord Ashburnham, are almost inaccessible to Irish scholars. There is a fine collection of manuscripts,'^ in the Cathedral Library,*? * at Canterbury. 3° The public library, attached to Durham Cathe- dral,3^ abounds in some fine specimens of illuminated and plainer manu- scripts, which have an interest altogether special for the student of Irish history, while many of these are in the peculiar opus Hibernicum style. 3" A vast number of ancient and irrecoverable monastic records, formerly existing before the suppression of religious houses in these islands, has been dispersed, destroyed, and lost,33 since the sixteenth century. Only a small part of
elsewhere. Edited by Rev. C. W. Russell,
D. D. , and John P. Prendergast, Esq. , Bar- rister-at-Law. Vol. i. —1603—1606, A. D. 1872. This series is in continuation of the Irish State Papers, commencing with the reign of Henry VIII. ; but, for the reign of James I. , the Papers are not confined to those in the Public Record Office of Eng- land. The same learned editors have in the press, vol. ii. of this series, which commences with the year 1606. Another series is at press under the following title : "Calendar of Documents relating to Ireland, excerpted from the Records preserved in her Majesty's Public Record Office ; to the end of the Reign of Henry VII. " Edited by Henry Savage Sweetman, Esq. , A. B. , Trinity College, Dublin, Barrister-at-Law.
1666. For more than a century and a half,
the London Corporation made no attempt
a At
to re-establish library. the present
time, however, their library contains no less than 50,000 volumes, devoted to the un- restricted use of the people.
^^ As we have already seen, a full descrip- tion of these has been furnished by Dr. Charles O'Conor, D. D. , in "Bibliotheca MSS. Stowensis. "
=8
See H. J. Todd's "Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Church Library of Can- terbury, with some account of the Deans, from the time of Henry VIII. " This was printed 1793, in an 8vo volume.
"9 The first English library, it is said, was
founded by Pope Gregory I. , in 596, when
St. Augustine, the missionary bishop,
^ Sir Richard Whittington founded a lib—rary at Grey Friars—now Christ's Hospi-
tal in 1421, at a cost of ^400 in the cur-
rency of that time. Pie also gave many precious treasures, in manuscript, to the Guildhall Library, and devoted ;if400 to the erection of a suitable edifice in which to 3' preserve them. John Carpenter, who founded the City of London School, gave directions in his will, that any " good or rare books" which he possessed, and which might
brought nine precious volumes of a religious
character and deposited them at Canterbury.
3°
See W. Woolnoth's "History of the
Cathedral of Canterbury, with Biographical Sketches, and an Account of the Convent
of Christ Church," in 4to, London, 1816.
•'
much useful information.
32 The writer had an opportunity affiarded
him of inspecting these manuscripts, during a visit to Durham, in July, 1872.
33 John Bale, who wrote in 1549, and Ful- ler, testify to the wanton destruction of vari-
quirer
CXXXll INTRODUCTION.
those Chartularies has been preserved and identified with their former places. 34 Exclusive of such documents, the parochial and other registers
containlittleofaninterestingcharacter,forthehagiologist'spurpose; nor,in private collections, do we as yet discover, all that may serve to assist his researches. 35
Although, in many of the large Continental cities and towns, throughout Europe, there are numberless manuscripts relating to Irish hagiology and Church history ; yet, it must be regretted, that several are still unknown. Others have been imperfectly examined and described. 3'5 Catalogues, al-
ready published, furnish lists or notices, more or less detailed, regarding ma- terials to be found in different libraries, archives and collections. 37 The travelsoflearnedmenhavesomewhatincreasedourknowledge. Asfew scholars are afforded, notwithstanding, time or opportunity for travel to inspect all of those literary treasures,38 dispersed in so many different places,
ous early libraries and their contents. See Richard Sims' " Manual for the Genealogist, Topographer, Antiquary, and Legal Pro-
fessor,"&c. MonasticRecords,p. lo.
34 A good and succinct account of such documents may be found in the work just
quoted. See ibid. , pp. 14 to 28.
33 An examination of the various annual
" Reports of the Royal Commission on His- torical Manuscripts," in folio shape, and be- ginning with the year 1870, will exhibit the materials kept in public or private libraries, and specially useful for Irish ecclesiastical students.
3* A very valuable book for reference is a royal octavo volume, headed on the first pagCi " Appendix (A)," and subsequentlythis is fol- lowed by a "Supplement to Appendix (A). " This, as a serial part, was compiled by Charles Purton Cooper, Esq. , from printed
books and from foreign correspondence. The book itself was intended as an Appen- dix to a Report on the Historical Records, relating to Ireland, as preserved in foreign Libraries. That report, however, was not published, nor was a title-page ever printed for its appendices. The "Appendix (A)" contains 259 closely-printed pages, while the "Supplement to Appendix (A. )" con- sists of 116 similar pages, together with 28 plates, giving fac-simile characters, from va- rious old Irish MSS. Several marginal notes occur throughout this book, which either explain the compiler's design, or
foreign correspondence, or bibliographical notices of those books and manuscripts, contained in the various libraries to which he refers. A copy of this work, containing a few pencilled notes, and memoranda in the author's handwriting, was presented to the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, There it is found classed, "Gall. G. 12, 27. " In this work, special reference is given to matters, regarding Irish hagiology. Head-
which refer to particulars in connection with la Congregation de S. Maur, Published
the manuscripts he designates. The volume at Paris, from A. D. 1 750 to 1765, in six also contains extracts from Mr. Cooper's volumes quarto.
ings and traces of saints' acts are often fur- '
nished. The different places, where such Irish or British historical materials exist,
follow in regular alphabetical order. Some of these localities are passed over ; the
author referring merely to printed catalogues of their several libraries.
37 See the learned Benedictine Montfau- con's work, " Bibliotheca Bibliothecarum. " This was published at Paris, in two folio volumes, A. D. 1729. Also, Bailly's "No- tices historiques sur les Bibliotheques. " This work issued at Paris a. d. 1828, in 8vo.
3* For a considerable amount of bibliogra- phical information, the —student may examine
these succeeding works:
Struvius' "Notitia
Rei Litterariae.
"
This octavo volume was
published at Frankfort and Leipzig, in
1754, edited by Fischer. Still a better oc-
tavo edition, by Ingler, appeared at Jena, in the same year, and in three volumes. Like- wise, see "Nouveau Traite de Diploma- tique," par deux Religieux Benedictins de
INTRODUCTION.
the aid of learned and descriptive manuals39 for the Hbrarian must usually be sought. 4° The examination and publication of great historical collections and library catalogues, relating to French,*^ German,-*'
39 The reader may consult Fabricius, " De Bouquet, a priest of this order, and pub- Transpositione Bibliothecaram Memora- lished at Paris, in 1738. This learned bili,"J. J. Bauer, " Bibliotheca Librorum editor carried on his work to the eighth Rariorum," Ebert's "Zur Handschriften- volume. Afterwards the tomes M-ere kunde. " This work was published at successively issued and edited, by other
Leipzig, in two volumes octavo, A. D. 1825, 1827.
*° Some general works and editions of great value for this investigation are : Jacob's
''
Traicte des plus belles Bibliotheques pub- liques et particulieres qui ont este et qui sont a present dans le Monde. " Published
at Paris, in 8vo, A. D, 1644. A work of Maderus, "De Bibliothecis atque Archivis. "
members of the order, to the commencement of the present century. Members of the French Institute have since continued that work, which had lately been issued from the French Imperial press. The twenty- first tome appeared in 1855.
''^ The libraries, in various old, indepen-
dent, but at present absorbed or centralized,
states of Germany, have been admirably
described by several competent scholars. 4to, A. D. 1702 to A. D. 1705. A work of Thus we may refer to Mabillon's " Iter
Published at Helmstadt, in three volumes,
' ' Dissertatio in Primum Germanicarum. " On this the
Pezius,
Tomum Thesauri Novissimi Anecdotorum. "
This was published at Augsburg, in five
folio volumes, between the years 1 72 1 and
"" 1 728. Also Mabillon's Vetera Analecta.
Issued at Paris, A. D, 1723, in folio.
*' See "Iter Gerbertus,
Germany ''
Isagogica
subject, scholar may consult Kundmannus, " Aca-
demiae et Scholae Germanise, praecipue Du- catus Silesise, cum Bibliothecis in Nummis. "
Published at Breslau, a. d. 1741, in 4to. During the last century, too, the remarkable libraries of have been described in
Alemannicum,
accedit Italicum et Gallicum. " Published Hirsching's Sehenswiirdige Bibliotheken
at St. Blasius, Suabia, in 8vo, A. D. 1765. A vast amount of historical, as likewise of literary and scientific information—espe- cially as relating to Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany—will be found in the periodical series of octavo volumes, published at Geneva, where issued in Ja-
"
Teutschlands. " This work was published at Erlangen, in four octavo volumes, be-
tweentheyears 1786 and 1791. Literary
travels through several of the German
States are found in Baader's " Reisendurch
verschiedene Gegenden Deutschlandes in
Briefen. " This work was published at
Augsburg, in one octavo volume, A. D. 1795,
Early in the present century. Von Aretin
had been appointed a commissioner to visit
Bavarian convents that had been secularized,
to their and to seize all the inspect libraries,
MSB. he could find for the Electoral Col-
lection. He " zur Ges- published Beytrage
chichte und Literatur," or Contributions to History and Literature. In this work, he gives an account of his tour and of the prin- cipal codices he discovered. All these, it is
nuary, A. D. 1796, the
tannique," for the first time. In 18 16, this seriesassumedthetitle, "LaBibliotheque Universelle ;" and later still, it issued un- der the title. " RevueSuisseetEtrangere. " Especiallyas
regards France,
Bibliotheque Bri-
Bibliotheque Universel,
the student of Irish eccle- siastical history will find De Chesne's " His- torise Francorum Scriptores Coetanei" most instructive. It was published at Paris, A. D. 1636 and succeeding years, in several fine
folio volumes. See also Buchan's "Col- presumed, are now at Munich. The work
lection des Chroniques Nationales Fran-
9aises. " This has been issued at Paris, from
appeared in this city from 1803 to 1807 in nineoctavovolumes. Besidestheforegoing works, the student may consult with great
1824 to 1828, in a series of forty-seven
volumes, 8vo. That great work, ' ' Recueil advantage, the German Art Lexicon of
"
Teutsches Kiinstler was projected by the Benedictine Fathers Lexicon. " This work was published at of the Congregation of St. Maur. The Lemgo, in three octavo volumes, between first folio volume was edited by Dom Martin the years 1808 an4 1814. The archives
des Historiens des Gaules et de la France," Meusel, intituled,
CXXXIV INTRonUCTION.
Austrian, Swiss,43 Italian,44 Spanish,<s Portuguese,^^ Danish,''? Swedish, Dutchj+s Belgian,49 Norwegian,5° and Icelandics^ affairs, have greatly enlarged our sphere of knowledge. This labour has been effected
which illustrate ancient German history are trantur, et confirmantur ingenti copia Di-
indicated in
*'
Archiv der Gesellschaft fiir plomatum et Chartanmi Veterum, nunc
altere deutsche Geschichtkunde. " This primum ex Archivis Italiae depromptarum,
work was published in Frankfort and Han- additis etiam Nummis, Chronicis, aliisque
over, from 1819 to 183 1, in six octavo vo- Monumentis nunquam antea editis. " In
lumes. But, if latest published, foremost six magnificent folio volumes, published at
among such authorities for the Irish hagio-
''
Monumenta Germa- niae Historica, inde ab anno Christi Quin- gentesimo usque ad annum Millesimum et
Milan, from A. D. 1738 to 1742. Several matters of interest for the Irish historical student will therein be revealed, as also in his grand monument of learning and labo-
grapher must stand,
Quingentesimum, auspiciis Societatis ape- rious editing, the " Rerum Italicarura riendis Fontibus Rerum Germanicarum Scriptores ab Anno ^Erse Christianae Quin- Medii ^vi," Edidit Georgius Heinricus gentesimo ad Millesimum quingentesimum, Pertz, serenissimi Britanniarum et Hanno- Quorum potissima pars nunc primum in veraeRegisTabularius. Thisgreatcollec-
tion issued, at Hanover, a. d. mdcccxxvi.
and succeeding years, so that no less than
XXI. magnificent folio tomes appeared to 1868.
43 A very valuable account of Switzerland
is that of Francis Guillimann, " De Rebus
Helvetiorum, sive Antiquitatum, Libri v. " Ex variis scripti tabulis, monimentis la-
pidibus, optimis plurium linguarum aucto- ribus. Published at Friburg, a. d. 1598, in
4to. The student is referred, likewise, to Ger- cken, who has published his Travels through
Suabia, Bavaria, Switzerland, Franconia,
the Rhenish Provinces, and those of the
Moselle, under the title, "Reisen durch graphis describere licuit, vel nunc primum Schwaben, Baiem, die Angranzende vulgatis, vel emendatis, nee non antiquo Schweiz, Franken, die Rheinischen Provin- Characterum specimine, et Figuris ^neis. zen, und an der Mosel," &c. This work Cum Indice Locupletissimo. This great
was issued in four octavo volumes, at Sten-
dal and Worms, between the years 1783
and1788. Nikolai's"ReisedurchDeutsch-
land und die Schweitz," or Journey through
Germany and Switzerland, was published
at Berlin and Stettin, in eight octavo vo- is the Novus Thesaurus Veterum Inscrip-
lumes, from 1783 to 1787.
** Those who desire to know the wealth
of Italian records may consult the pro- foundly learned Louis Anthony Muratori's
"
Antiquitates Italicae Medii ^vi, siveDis- sertationes de Moribus, Ritibus, Religione, Regimine, Magistratibus, Legibus, Studiis Literarum, Artibus, Lingua, Militia, Num- mis, Principibus, Libertate, Servitute, Foe- deribus, aliisque faciem et mores Italici Populi referentibus post declinationem Rom. Imp. ad Annum usque md. Omnia illus-
tionum in praecipuis earumdemcollectionibus hactenus praetermissarum," coUectore Lu- dovico Antonio Muratorio. This work ap- peared at Milan, in four fine folio volumes, from A. D. 1739 to 1742. As a supplement to Muratori's collections was published at
"
Re- rum Italicarum Scriptores ab Anno ^Erae Christianae Millesimo ad Milesimum, quo- rum potissima pars nunc primum in lucem prodit, ex Florentinarum Bibliothecarum Codicibus. " These tomes were edited by
lucem prodit ex Ambrosianae, Estensis, aliarumque insignium Bibliothecarum Codi- cibus. " Ludovicus Antonius Muratorius, Serenissimi Ducis Mutinae Bibliothecas Pras-
fectus, collegit, ordinavit, et Praefacionibus auxit, nonnullos ipse, alios vero Mediola- nenses Palatii Socii ad Mstorum Codicum fidem exactos, summoque labore, ac dili- gentia castigatos, variis Lectionibus, et Notis, tam editis veterum Eruditorum, quam novissimis auxere. Additis ad plenius operis, et universse Italicae Historiae omamentum, novis Tabulis Geographicis, et variis Longo-
bardorum Regum, Imperatorum,aliorumque Principum Diplomatibus, quae ab ipsis auto-
Thesaurus of Italian history and its best soxirces was published at Milan, in twenty-five
great folio volumes, commencing with A.
