, in the
National
copy
xxxv.
xxxv.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
C.
cent.
Cant. veil. 183. ,
4to.
MS. Cott. Claud. A. s Sharon Turner " Our Venerable says :
ff- 25-39 b. , veil. , small folio. , xi. cent. MS.
March 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 855
reverend brother Herefrid, a priest, and to others, who lived for a long time with St. Cuthbert, and who had a perfect knowledge of his actions. Many things were emended, and so truthful was this narrative considered, that when, afterwards, it had been read on two different days, before seniors and doctors of the Lindisfarne community, it was not thought necessary to make further alterations. After a matured revision, this Life, as it stood, was declared fit for promulgation, and for the use of those, who through a religious motive chose to transcribe it. For his labours in composing this life, having in view the edification of his monastic brethren, Bede commends
himself to their prayers, whilst living. At the same time, he besought them, when he was dead, to offer up the Holy Sacrifice of Mass, to obtain repose for his soul. Towards the close of its preface, he says, that at the request of some religious brethren, he had already celebrated our saint's memory, in heroic verse, with greater brevity,5 yet, according to the order of narrative followed, in his prose Life. In that work, he had promised, also, to enlarge on the life and miracles of Cuthbert. This promise he fully redeemed, in the prose Life, which contains no less than forty-six chapters.
A Tract intituled, Depositio S. Cuthberhti Episcopi,^ follows very closely Bede's narrative, compressing and generalizing the details. It is written, in the Saxon tongue ; while, it exhibits undoubted evidence of having been
originally a metrical production, and, it might, for the most part, be restored
to its former alliteration. of a Many copies
Tract,
to be found,7 but these are merely excerpts, from Ven. Bede's Ecclesiastical
History. Wehavepreserved,BrevisRelatiodeSanctoCuthberto,etquo- niodo corpus ejus Dunelmum venerat, et excerpta de Vita et Miraculis ejus- dem Sancti. ^ There are two prayers to St. Cuthbert, in this Tract. A Saxon LifeofSt. Cuthberthasbeenwritten:? itisaverybriefone,anditappears to have been taken, chiefly from Ven. Bede's Life. '° A " Complementura Vita Sancti Cuthberti Lindisfarnensis Episcopi," " has been printed, in the BollandistCollection. " ThereareextantmetricalLivesofSt. Cuthbert,in
Bede attempted Latin poetry, but the Muses MS. Cott. Nero. A. ii. f. 45. , veil, i2mo. , xii. did not smile upon his efforts. His com- cent. MS. Arundel. Brit. Mus. 332. ff. loi' positions consist of some hymns, some b. -i02b. , veil. , large 8vo. , xiii. cent. MS. elegiac poetry, and the Life of St. Cuthbert Arundel. Brit. Mus. 222. ff. 34b. -35 b. , veil, in hexameter verse. "—"History of the 4to. , xii. cent.
Anglo-Saxons," vol. ii. , book xii. , chap. iii. , p. 347.
^ The copies of it extant are classed MS. Bodl. 340 (2404) ff. s8b. -66b. ; MS. C. C. C. Cant. 198 (olim S. 8. ) ff. 81-90. veil. , smallfolio; MS. Bib. Pub. Cant. , veil. , folio. , xi. cent. This formerly belonged to the Library of Salisbury, and it was given, by Bishop Jewel, to Archbishop Parker, in
1568.
7 The following copies of this Tract are to
be met with : MS. Bibl. Digby. 175. ff. 23-
Harl. 1 1 17. ff. 40b. -42. , veil. 4to. , x. cent.
MS. Cott. Vitell. A. xix. ff.
small 4to. , x. cent. MS. Bodl. Fairfax. 6
(3886), f. 29 b. , veil, f. , dble. cols. , xiv. cent.
MS. Coll. Univers. Oxon. 165. , veil. , small
4to. , xii. cent. MS. Bodl. Fell. I. f. 76 b. ,
veil. , folio. , xi. cent. MS. Bodl. Digby. 59.
f. 45 b. , veil. 8vo. , xii. cent. MS. Cott. Belfort, a Canon Regular of St. John of Claud. A. i. ff. 153b, -1 54. , veil. 4to. , x. cent. Soissons, to supply a hiatus in the Antwerp
xi. cent. MS. Bodl.
that of it, where St. portion
small
Laud. 491 {1093), veil. 4to. , xii. cent. MS. Cuthbert turns water into wine, at chap.
24b. , veil. ,
folio. ,
Especially
85-88. , veil. ,
" There is a in MS.
, in the National copy
xxxv.
" De S. are Cuthberto,"
^
The following copies of this Tract are extant : MS. Cott. Nero. A. ii. ff. 85-107 b. , veil. , i2mo. , xii. cent. MS. Cott. Titus. A. ii. f. 158. , veil. 4to. , xv. cent. MS. Trin. Coll. Gale. O. iii. 55. MS. Bodl. Laud, Misc. 491 (1093) ff. 117b. -144. , veil. 4to. , xii. cent. MS. Sloane. 1772. f. i. , veil. 4to. , xii. cent.
» The following are Manuscript copies : MS. C. C. C. Cant. 196 (formerly D. 5. ), veil. 8vo. , xi. cent. MS. Cott. Julius. A. x. 2. , veil. 8vo. , xi. cent.
'°
Library at Paris, and classed, 3088. 13. (olim Colbert. 3019. )
" See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xx. , p. 129, sect. 7. This was de- rived from a MS. Longp. , sent by Nicholas
8:^6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 20.
Englisb/3 and in Latin/* There is a Vita S. Cuthberti, Lindisfarnensis
Episcopi. 's There is a Historia de Sancto Cuthberto,^^ and it contains, also, anaccountofthepossessionsofDurham,fromtheearliesttimes/? Thisis
printed, by Sir Roger Twysden/^ The last paragraph is in Anglo-Saxon. A monk of Durham, who flourished, towards the close of the eleventh
century, but whose name is not known, has left us a Treatise, having special reference to the various removals of the saint's relics, until their translation into the new church at Durham, a. d. 1104, and bearing the title : Liber de Translationibus et Miraculis S. Cuthberti, Episcopi Lindisfarnensis/9 This
" Acta Sanctorum Ordinis St.
:
^6 "
Cuthberti, ad Priorem et Conventum Dunelm ;" ^s, also, Libellus de
Miraculis S. Cuthberti Secundum Re^inaldum de Coldingham. " ^7 The latter
is in Mabillon's printed,
''°
Benedicti," Again, Reginald, a monk of Durham, has left a Tract,^'^ written after 11 72, at the request of St. ^Ired, Abbot of " Libellus de admirandis Beati Cuth- berti virtutibus quae novellis patratse sunt temporibus. " ^3 Again, we find its title to be sometimes, " De Virtutibus et Miraculis gloriosi Pontificis Cuthberti Liber;"^4 and,itissaid,manythingsinitaretakenfromRogerHoveden, from Simeon of Durham, from the Lives and Miracles of St. Cuthbert, and " De Virtutibus S.
work, and also by the Bollandists. ^'
Rivaulx. It is sometimes intituled
fromWilliamofMalmsbury. ^'5 Again,wefinditcalled,
copy of the History of the Translation ot St. Cuthbert's Relics.
" The following copies are extant, and classed, MS. Cott. Jul. D. ix. ff. 45-46 b. , veil. 8vo. , XV. cent. MS. Addit. 10301. ff.
'7 It closely resembles the text of Simeon of Durham, and the Translationes Beati Cuthberti, in Mabillon's "Acta Sanctorum Ord. S. Benedicti," tomus vi. , p, 310,
'^ See "Decern Scriptores," vol. i. pp. 96-99. , veil. , small folio. , xiv. cent. MS. 67 to 76.
]{ocll. 779. f. 134. , paper, small folio. , xiv. '9 The following Manuscript copies of this cent. MS. Bodl. Tanner. 17. ff. 42^-43. , Tract are extant : MS. Bodl. 514 (2184. ) veil. , small folio. , xv. cent. In this MS. , Ff. 88-89. , veil. 4to. , dble. cols. , xii. cent. there is a well-executed figure of St. Cuth- MS. Bodl. Laud. 491 (1093. ) Ff. 66-117. , bert, in his episcopal robes, with the head veil. 4to. , xii. cent. MS. Bodl. Digby. 59.
of St. Oswald in the right hand, and his
crown in the left. MS. C. C. C. Cant, 145. ,
veil. , small folio. , xiv. cent. MS. Coll.
Trin, Oxon. 57. 2. , veil, folio. , xiv. cent.
MS. Bodl. Laud. Misc. 108 (i486) ff. 154b. - Cant.
Cant. veil. 183. ,
4to.
MS. Cott. Claud. A. s Sharon Turner " Our Venerable says :
ff- 25-39 b. , veil. , small folio. , xi. cent. MS.
March 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 855
reverend brother Herefrid, a priest, and to others, who lived for a long time with St. Cuthbert, and who had a perfect knowledge of his actions. Many things were emended, and so truthful was this narrative considered, that when, afterwards, it had been read on two different days, before seniors and doctors of the Lindisfarne community, it was not thought necessary to make further alterations. After a matured revision, this Life, as it stood, was declared fit for promulgation, and for the use of those, who through a religious motive chose to transcribe it. For his labours in composing this life, having in view the edification of his monastic brethren, Bede commends
himself to their prayers, whilst living. At the same time, he besought them, when he was dead, to offer up the Holy Sacrifice of Mass, to obtain repose for his soul. Towards the close of its preface, he says, that at the request of some religious brethren, he had already celebrated our saint's memory, in heroic verse, with greater brevity,5 yet, according to the order of narrative followed, in his prose Life. In that work, he had promised, also, to enlarge on the life and miracles of Cuthbert. This promise he fully redeemed, in the prose Life, which contains no less than forty-six chapters.
A Tract intituled, Depositio S. Cuthberhti Episcopi,^ follows very closely Bede's narrative, compressing and generalizing the details. It is written, in the Saxon tongue ; while, it exhibits undoubted evidence of having been
originally a metrical production, and, it might, for the most part, be restored
to its former alliteration. of a Many copies
Tract,
to be found,7 but these are merely excerpts, from Ven. Bede's Ecclesiastical
History. Wehavepreserved,BrevisRelatiodeSanctoCuthberto,etquo- niodo corpus ejus Dunelmum venerat, et excerpta de Vita et Miraculis ejus- dem Sancti. ^ There are two prayers to St. Cuthbert, in this Tract. A Saxon LifeofSt. Cuthberthasbeenwritten:? itisaverybriefone,anditappears to have been taken, chiefly from Ven. Bede's Life. '° A " Complementura Vita Sancti Cuthberti Lindisfarnensis Episcopi," " has been printed, in the BollandistCollection. " ThereareextantmetricalLivesofSt. Cuthbert,in
Bede attempted Latin poetry, but the Muses MS. Cott. Nero. A. ii. f. 45. , veil, i2mo. , xii. did not smile upon his efforts. His com- cent. MS. Arundel. Brit. Mus. 332. ff. loi' positions consist of some hymns, some b. -i02b. , veil. , large 8vo. , xiii. cent. MS. elegiac poetry, and the Life of St. Cuthbert Arundel. Brit. Mus. 222. ff. 34b. -35 b. , veil, in hexameter verse. "—"History of the 4to. , xii. cent.
Anglo-Saxons," vol. ii. , book xii. , chap. iii. , p. 347.
^ The copies of it extant are classed MS. Bodl. 340 (2404) ff. s8b. -66b. ; MS. C. C. C. Cant. 198 (olim S. 8. ) ff. 81-90. veil. , smallfolio; MS. Bib. Pub. Cant. , veil. , folio. , xi. cent. This formerly belonged to the Library of Salisbury, and it was given, by Bishop Jewel, to Archbishop Parker, in
1568.
7 The following copies of this Tract are to
be met with : MS. Bibl. Digby. 175. ff. 23-
Harl. 1 1 17. ff. 40b. -42. , veil. 4to. , x. cent.
MS. Cott. Vitell. A. xix. ff.
small 4to. , x. cent. MS. Bodl. Fairfax. 6
(3886), f. 29 b. , veil, f. , dble. cols. , xiv. cent.
MS. Coll. Univers. Oxon. 165. , veil. , small
4to. , xii. cent. MS. Bodl. Fell. I. f. 76 b. ,
veil. , folio. , xi. cent. MS. Bodl. Digby. 59.
f. 45 b. , veil. 8vo. , xii. cent. MS. Cott. Belfort, a Canon Regular of St. John of Claud. A. i. ff. 153b, -1 54. , veil. 4to. , x. cent. Soissons, to supply a hiatus in the Antwerp
xi. cent. MS. Bodl.
that of it, where St. portion
small
Laud. 491 {1093), veil. 4to. , xii. cent. MS. Cuthbert turns water into wine, at chap.
24b. , veil. ,
folio. ,
Especially
85-88. , veil. ,
" There is a in MS.
, in the National copy
xxxv.
" De S. are Cuthberto,"
^
The following copies of this Tract are extant : MS. Cott. Nero. A. ii. ff. 85-107 b. , veil. , i2mo. , xii. cent. MS. Cott. Titus. A. ii. f. 158. , veil. 4to. , xv. cent. MS. Trin. Coll. Gale. O. iii. 55. MS. Bodl. Laud, Misc. 491 (1093) ff. 117b. -144. , veil. 4to. , xii. cent. MS. Sloane. 1772. f. i. , veil. 4to. , xii. cent.
» The following are Manuscript copies : MS. C. C. C. Cant. 196 (formerly D. 5. ), veil. 8vo. , xi. cent. MS. Cott. Julius. A. x. 2. , veil. 8vo. , xi. cent.
'°
Library at Paris, and classed, 3088. 13. (olim Colbert. 3019. )
" See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xx. , p. 129, sect. 7. This was de- rived from a MS. Longp. , sent by Nicholas
8:^6 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 20.
Englisb/3 and in Latin/* There is a Vita S. Cuthberti, Lindisfarnensis
Episcopi. 's There is a Historia de Sancto Cuthberto,^^ and it contains, also, anaccountofthepossessionsofDurham,fromtheearliesttimes/? Thisis
printed, by Sir Roger Twysden/^ The last paragraph is in Anglo-Saxon. A monk of Durham, who flourished, towards the close of the eleventh
century, but whose name is not known, has left us a Treatise, having special reference to the various removals of the saint's relics, until their translation into the new church at Durham, a. d. 1104, and bearing the title : Liber de Translationibus et Miraculis S. Cuthberti, Episcopi Lindisfarnensis/9 This
" Acta Sanctorum Ordinis St.
:
^6 "
Cuthberti, ad Priorem et Conventum Dunelm ;" ^s, also, Libellus de
Miraculis S. Cuthberti Secundum Re^inaldum de Coldingham. " ^7 The latter
is in Mabillon's printed,
''°
Benedicti," Again, Reginald, a monk of Durham, has left a Tract,^'^ written after 11 72, at the request of St. ^Ired, Abbot of " Libellus de admirandis Beati Cuth- berti virtutibus quae novellis patratse sunt temporibus. " ^3 Again, we find its title to be sometimes, " De Virtutibus et Miraculis gloriosi Pontificis Cuthberti Liber;"^4 and,itissaid,manythingsinitaretakenfromRogerHoveden, from Simeon of Durham, from the Lives and Miracles of St. Cuthbert, and " De Virtutibus S.
work, and also by the Bollandists. ^'
Rivaulx. It is sometimes intituled
fromWilliamofMalmsbury. ^'5 Again,wefinditcalled,
copy of the History of the Translation ot St. Cuthbert's Relics.
" The following copies are extant, and classed, MS. Cott. Jul. D. ix. ff. 45-46 b. , veil. 8vo. , XV. cent. MS. Addit. 10301. ff.
'7 It closely resembles the text of Simeon of Durham, and the Translationes Beati Cuthberti, in Mabillon's "Acta Sanctorum Ord. S. Benedicti," tomus vi. , p, 310,
'^ See "Decern Scriptores," vol. i. pp. 96-99. , veil. , small folio. , xiv. cent. MS. 67 to 76.
]{ocll. 779. f. 134. , paper, small folio. , xiv. '9 The following Manuscript copies of this cent. MS. Bodl. Tanner. 17. ff. 42^-43. , Tract are extant : MS. Bodl. 514 (2184. ) veil. , small folio. , xv. cent. In this MS. , Ff. 88-89. , veil. 4to. , dble. cols. , xii. cent. there is a well-executed figure of St. Cuth- MS. Bodl. Laud. 491 (1093. ) Ff. 66-117. , bert, in his episcopal robes, with the head veil. 4to. , xii. cent. MS. Bodl. Digby. 59.
of St. Oswald in the right hand, and his
crown in the left. MS. C. C. C. Cant, 145. ,
veil. , small folio. , xiv. cent. MS. Coll.
Trin, Oxon. 57. 2. , veil, folio. , xiv. cent.
MS. Bodl. Laud. Misc. 108 (i486) ff. 154b. - Cant.
