The Biblioteca Na- cional'93 of Madrid contains about 200,000 volumes, largely increased since the
suppression
of the Spanish convents.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
^<°
Vindemise Literariffi," Fulda, a. d. 1723. Also, Schannatt,
A," Supplement to Appendix A," pp.
City 'S'See William Coxe's "Travels in
and State of Geneva," book i. , p. 3.
Cxliv INTROBUCTION.
40,000 printed volumes, and very valuable MSS. ,'S' to the number of about
5,000,^53 torians. *S3
Among — GoTHA.
some,
In central
in its
the town of Gotha which contains
some 150,000 printed
sons," vol. ii. , Letter 63, p. 334.
'S'See the Librarian Senebier's "Cata-
dans la Bibliotheque de la Ville et Repub- lique de Geneve. " Published at Geneva, A. D. 1779, in 8vo.
'3' See M. Valery's "Voyages Histo- riques, Litteraires, et Artistiques en Italic, Guide Raisonne, et Complet du Voyageur et de 1' Artiste," tome i. , liv. i. , chap, vii. , p. n.
'S3 See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 97 "
''°
Afterwards the philologist, J. G. Grae-
these are
which have a value for- Irish his- special
Germany,
public library,*ss —
possesses
interesting codices,'54
volumes,^56 and 5,000 manuscripts. ^S7 Hamburg. theRiverElbe—wastheseatofaCatholicArchiepiscopalSee. Itformerly abounded with abbeys, nunneries and other charitable foundations. 'ss
Hamburg contains a great number of libraries, both public and private ;
while the wealth, public spirit and education, prevailing among its citizens, have tended to amass those rare codices, so prized by the leamed. '59 Several of these have a special interest, as they abound in Acts of our Irish Saints. Heidelburg. —Situated on the River Neckar, it had a rich library before1622,whenthiscitywastakenbytheSpaniards. ^^ Thebooksand manuscripts were dispersed •}^^ a part was taken to Vienna, and a part to theVaticanatRome. *^^ SomemattersofinterestfortheIrishhagiographer arekeptatHeidelburg. ^^3 Heiligenskreutz,ortheHolyCross. —Avery considerable collection of old manuscripts was preserved here,^^* and some of these were interesting in an Irish ecclesiastical sense. '^^ The old Cistercian Monastery of the place was founded a. d. 1134. ^^ Heilsbronn. —In this city of Wurtemberg, some manuscripts on Irish hagiological matters are to
Switzerland and in the Country of the Gri-
'59 See Cooper's
"
to 121, and logue raisonne des Manuscrits conserves manuscripts.
to 103. Also Supplement to Appendix Formation, Spoliation and Destruction of
A," p. 23.
'S^See Cooper, "Appendix A," pp. 104
to 106. And "Supplement to Appendix A," p. 24.
the Old Heidelberg Collections of Books,
which, together with a chiefly descriptive Index or Register of the restored Manu-
scripts in the year 1816, were given by
in 8vo.
'^3 These were restored in 1815, states the
"Gazetteer of the World," vol. vi. , p. 863. ''3 See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp.
"
Supplement to Appendix '** See "Archivder Gessellschaft fur al-
'55 See " Cyprianus, Catalogus
Codicum
Pius VII. to the of Hei- University
Pope
Manuscriptorum Bibliothecse Gothanae. delberg. Printed at Heidelberg, a. d. 1817,
Clarorum Virorum Epistolas cxvii. e Biblo-
thecae Gothanae Autographis. " Published
at Leipzig, a. d. 17 14, in 4to.
'S«See "Gazetteer of the World," vol.
vi. , p. 655.
'57 See Charles Knight's "English Cy-
clopaedia. " Geography. Vol. iii. , col. 59.
122, 123. Also
'5^ See Adam Neale's "Travels
some Parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey," chap, ii. , p. 20.
tere " and deutsche Geschichtkunde,
Pezius,
through
" Dissertatio Isagogica," p. iii.
'*5 See Cooper's "Appendix A," p. 123.
This
— city
situated on
Appendix A," pp. 108 Supplement to Appendix A," pp. 24, 25, for a detailed account of its
"
vius, laid the foundation of a new collection.
"' "
Wilken, Geschichte der Bildung, Be-
raubung imd Vemichtung der alten Heidel-
bergischen Biichersammlungen. Nebst einem meist beschreibendcn Verzeichniss der im Jahr 1816 von dem Papst Pius VII. der Universitat Heidelberg zuriickgege- benen Handschriften," or, a History of the
A," p. 25.
the Northern '^° It has a Department.
'^ See Cooper's "Appendix A," p. 123
to 126, and P-2S.
Supplement to Appendix A,"
"Teutsches Kiinstler- "
Bibliographical,
Geschichtkunde.
'70See
Lexicon. " Also Dibdin's
'8°See
lers in France," Route i, p. 7.
viii. , p. 594.
'^^ A short memoir of this foundation is yet preserved among the "Archives du Royaume" of the Belgian government. See " Some Notices of Manuscripts relating to
'73 See
Murray's
" Handbook for Travel-
in various now to be languages,
Meusel,
Murray's
and
France and Germany," vol. iii. , p. 224.
Pezius, "Dissertatio Isagogica," p. ii.
'7' See Cooper's "Appendix A," p. 141. '7^ See "Gazetteer of the World," vol.
'8' See Charles " Knight's
Antiquarian
Picturesque
Tour
through
English Cyclo- pedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 513.
lers in Southern Germany," Route 198, p.
Ireland,
found in the Burgundian Library at Brux- elles, with fac-simile Illustrations," etc. ,
INTRonucrioN. c::lv
be found. '^7 A catalogue of the former monastic and now public library
^^^ Some of national interest are there subjects great
has been
enumerated. '^9 Kremsmuenster. —At this place, in Austria, a valuable collection of manuscripts^^"—some on Irish ecclesiastical matters^^i—is preserved in the Benedictine abbey. It has a noble library of 50. 000 vo- lumes. ^72 Thefound—ationofthismonasticinstitutedatesbacktotheeighth
printed.
'74 in
the seat of a noble university, and it has many extensive libraries there es-
tabUshed. The public library contains 120,000 printed volumes, and 2,000 manuscripts : the University Library has 80,000 printed volumes, and 2,000 manuscripts. '75 Many o—f these latter records contain acts of our Irish Saints. '76 Lilienfeld. This Cistercian Abbey,'77 in Lower Austria, possessed manuscript materials'78 of interest for the Irish student. '79
Lille. —This city, formerly the capital of French Flanders, is now that of
century. '73 Leipzig. Leipzig,
Saxony, is a celebrated literary mart,
public library, containing 20,000 volumes. '^' There was an Irish College at Lille ;'^^ but whether or not, it
possesse—d Irish hagiological manuscripts, the writer cannot discover. Lisbon. Lisbon has a Bibliotheca Publica,'^3 and some few other chief libraries, '^4 containing a large number of books and several hundred manu-
»*^ See Murray's "Handbook for Travel-
lers in Southern Germany," Route 195, p.
224.
"
Catalogi Auctorum qui Bibliothecas Scrip-
'^7 "
SeeHirsching, Sehenswiirdige
tis consignarunt," vol. ii. , p. 281. Likewise, Meusel, "Teutsches Kiinstler-Lexicon. "
Band
iii. , p. 438.
'75 See Charles Knight's "English Cyclo-
pedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 490.
Biblio- theken Teutschlands," band or volume i. ,
pp. 159, 162.
'^See Hockerus, "Bibliotheca Heils-
bronnensis, sive Catalogus Librorum om-
nium tam Manuscriptorum quam Impres- sorum, qui in celeberrimi Monasterii Heils- bronnensis Bibliotheca Publica adservantur. " Published at Nuremberg, a. d. 1731, in folio.
'7^ See " Archiv der Gesellschaft fur altera ""
243-
'74 See Fellerus, "Catalogus Codicum p. 32. By Samuel H. Bindon.
Manuscriptorum Bibliothecse Paulinre in Academia Lipsiensis. " Published at Leip- zig, A. D. 1826, in 24mo, Also, Teisserius,
'^3 Open daily from 9 o'clock, A. M. , to 3 o'clock, P. M. , with free admittance.
^4 The King of Portugal's Palace das
'7^ See " Cooper's
Appendix A," pp. 142 to 148, and " Supplement to Appendix
A," p. 27.
'77 It was founded A. D. 1220, by D. Leo-
Vn. See "Handbookfor Murray's
pold
Travellers in Southern Germany," Route
245. P- 389-
'79 See
Cooper's
"
Appendix A," p. 149.
"HandbookforTravel-
cxlvi INTR OD UCTION.
scripts, but without printed catalogues, which miglit enable strangers to judge of their contents. '^s The King's Library has a large collection of good books. *^ LouvAiN. —In this Belgian city, a celebrated university'^? was founded in 1423, by John IV. , Duke of Brabant. '^^ It was long the chief literary institution in the Provinces of the Netherlands. '^9 The University Library of this ancient Brabantine city's" contains some fine old Belgic Chronicles. '9^ Several manuscripts, likewise, of special importance for the Irish hagiographer's purpose, are there preserved. '? * The University, sup- pressed by the French in 1793, was restored a. d. 181 7. In this city, too, was that famous and best school of Irish hagiology, est—ablished by the Fran- ciscan Fathers, in the seventeenth century. Madrid.
The Biblioteca Na- cional'93 of Madrid contains about 200,000 volumes, largely increased since the suppression of the Spanish convents. It is peculiarly rich in Spanish literature, and it possesses many curious manuscripts. '94 That, however, is not the sole great public library in this city. 'ss The collection of manu- scripts here contained the lives of various Irish saints,'96 and these are pro-
bably yet preserved in the Spanish capital. Mannheim. —This ancient city, in the Duchy of Baden, has a fine public library, containing several curious
Necesidades has a library full of precious
MSS. The Bibliotheca da Academia con-
tains 80,000 volumes. See Henry O'Shea's
*'
Guide to Spain and Portugal," pp. 540, 541. Third edition, 1868.
'*s See
Murray's
lers in Portugal," sect, i. , pp. 13, 14. Second edition.
'^* See Don Juan Alvarez de Colmenar's
to be found in the introduction to that finely printed series of Belgian Chronicles, issued
" Handbook for Travel-
by order of the government, and learnedly edited by various competent scholars, under direction of the Royal Historical Commis- sioners. The first of those
"
la Description de ces deux Royaumes," the Irish hagiologist.
Annales d'Espagne et de Portugal, avec
tome iii. , p. 266.
'*' An account of Louvain University will
be found, in " Fasti Academici Studii Gene- ralisLovaniensis,"&c. Published, Lovanii, A. D. 1650, in 4to.
'9^ During the writer's visit to Louvain,
in July, 1863, the library was closed, so that no opportunity was afforded for in-
specting the books or manuscripts.
'93 This was formerly called the Biblio-
teca been established Real, having by
Philip v. , and opened in 1 712. See Martin "
'88 See C. M. Davies' "
land and the Dutch Nation, from the be- ginning of the Tenth Century to the end of the Eighteenth," vol. i. , part i. , chap, vi. , p. 213.
'*9 See John Lothrop Motley's the Dutch Republic," vol. i.
" Historical
'9* See Richard Ford's " Handbook for Travellers in Spain," part ii. , sect, xi. , p. 721.
'95 See a
History
of Hol-
Rise of
Introduction, § xiii. , p. 85.
'9° See Philippus Ferrarius " Novum chief Bibliotecas in Henry O'Shea's admi-
"
Lexicon Geographicum, &c, tomus i. , p.
431. Baudrand's edition.
'9' The most complete accoimt we possess
of the innumerable historical works, pub- lished and in manuscript, which serve to illustrate the history of Belgium is probably
very
rable "Guide to Spain and Portugal," pp. 291, 292.
'9* TuUy O'Conry furnished a list of 63 Irish saints, copied at Madrid, in A. D. 1658. See the Trinity College Manuscript, classed F. 1, 18.
magnificent quarto tomes appeared at Bruxelles in 1836, and these Records are yet in course of pub-
lication. It need scarcely be observed, they contain matters of very great importance for
Wanderings in Spain, in 1843,"
Haverty's
vol. ii. , chap, xxi. , p. 239.
excellent of its description
torum Bibliothecse Moguntinse. " Likewise, "
to
159 161,
and "
to
Supplement Appendix 1747, 4to.
A," p. 28.
=~ See Charles
in
Rei Litterarise," cura Fischeri, p. 393.
Cooper's
Knight's
paedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 672.
"
Appendix A," pp.
torum addidit.
Published at Vienna, A. D.
See also " Notitia Struvius,
^"3 See the Rev. G. W. D. Evans' work,
"The Classic and Connoisseur in Italy and
Sicily," vol. ii. , p. 120.
*"* Montfaucon has noticed several of its
manuscripts. See "Diarium Italicum," cap. ii. , pp. 10 to 20.
""S The monastic libraries of the Benedic- tines formed the nucleus of this collection. See "Italy," by Lady Morgan, vol. i. ,
chap, v. , p. 88.
*^ The Rev. John Chetwode Eustace re-
"
See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 161
*'
" Archiv der Gesellschaft fiir altere deutsche Geschichtkunde. "
""See "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Ger-
many," vol. iii. , Letter xlvi. , pp. 408 to 418.
INTRODUCTION. cxlvii
manuscnpts,'97and60,000printedvolumes. 's^ MayenceorMainz. —This city, the ancient Roman Moguntiacum, abounds in good libraries. '59 Cata- logues of those have seen the light,^"° and from them we learn, there are matters ofimportfortheIrishecclesiastical—student. '"' Thecitylibraryconsistsof above 90,000 volumes. '"' Milan. This beautiful city of Northern Italy contains many extensive libraries. Among these, the Brera Librar}' is one of the largest in Europe. '°3 TheBibliothecaAmbrosiana,'°*atMilan,was founded, a. d. 1609, by Frederigo Borromeo,'°5 a cousin to San Carlo Borromeo. It con- tainednearly100,000volumes,in1846; thereareover500volumesofmanu- scripts alone,'°^ while some of these are of great antiquity and interest. '°7 It possessesseveralIrishmanuscripts; and,init,materialsfortheco—mpilation of an old Irish grammar are to be found. '°^ Molk or Melk. In this romantically-situated town of Lower Austria, there is a fine monastic library. '°9 A beautifully engraved view of the large monastery here, with a description of its literary treasures, will be found in the work of Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. "° There are severa—l manuscripts of value for the Irish hagiologist's use. '" Monte Casino. The romantically-situated abbfy of this place owes its origin to St. Benedict, who founded it in the year 529. "' The Benedictine Library of Monte Casino must always have a peculiar in-
'w See Gercken, " Reisen," band Hi. , pp. 169 to 173, and Bjomstahl's "Briefe," band v. , pp. 159 to 165.
's* See Charles Knight's "English Cyclo- paedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 693.
ports it as containing 15,000 manuscripts. See "Classical Tour through Italy," An.
MDCCCII. , vol. iv. , chap, i. , p. 28.
'^ See J. S. Buckingham's " France, Piedmont, Italy, Lombardy, the Tyrol, and
Bavaria," vol. i. , chap, ix. , pp. 131, 132. ** Professor J. G. Ascoli, of Milan, has
'»9 See
''
Recensus Codicum Manuscrip-
Gudemus, Sylloge variorum Diploma- long since promised to publish, from manu-
tariorum Monumentorumque veterum in-
scripts of the eighth century, a rare collec- tion of Irish glosses.
"^ See " Bibliotheca Mellicensis, seu Vitae et Scripta Benedictinorum Mellicensium," auctore Martino Kropff, qui etiam Cata- logum selectorum nonnullorum Manuscrip-
"
editorum adhuc,
at Frankfort, A. D. 1 728, 8vo. Also Cramer, "Haus-Chronik," p. 141.
""
See Gercken, 32 to 62.
"' See
'*
Reisen," band iii. , pp.
pp. 337 to 400. Published
English Cyclo-
Also,
to 163, and
p. 29.
"
Supplement to Appendix A,"
'" A very interesting account will be found "
in M. Valery's Voyages Historiques Lit- teraires et Artistiques en Italie," tome ii. , liv. xiv. , chap, xii. , pp. 540 to 549.
k
cxlviii
INTRonUCTION.
terest for the scholar, since in addition to its books, it contains numbers of
the most rare and vahiable manuscripts'^3 for the illustration especially of
ecclesiastical history. Father John Mabillon has written a description of
this place, and it is accompanied by two fine copperplate engravings of this magnificent monastery; while Father Montfaucon gives some curious ex-
tracts and illustrations, regarding its manuscripts, about the beginning of the
last century. 2^4 Munich. —This chief city of Bavaria contains one of the
finestcollectionsofvaluablebooksontheContinentofEurope. ^'s Munich's
Royal Library comprises a number of rare manuscripts,^'^ in almost every department of literature. ^'7 This latter collection includes some Irish
glosses, on a book of St. Paul's Epistles. ^'^ Various other manuscripts here
are singularly interesting for the student of our ecclesiastical history. ^'9
MuNSTER. —In this Prussian city—which has a Catholic University""—
Miinster city is stated to have been founded byCharlemagne. ^^3 Naples. — The three chief Public Libraries and the archive depositaries of Naples,^'^ besides their vast stores of books, contain several thousand manuscripts. =^^s Oftheselatter,numbersareinestimablyvaluableforanecclesiologist. "^ The Museo Borbonico has a library with 150,000 volumes—4,000 of which be- longt—otheearliestageofprinting—with3,000manuscripts. ^^7 Nurem- berg. In this city of Bavaria, there is a fine public library,"^ which con-
there are some for the Irish "^ interesting manuscripts^^^ hagiographer's study.
" Handbook for Travel- lers in Southern Italy," Route 141, pp.
"
Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sec. xxxii. , pp. 5610 57, and Montfaucon's "Diarium
Italicum," cap. xxii. , pp. 322 to 333.
=•5 The Rev.
Vindemise Literariffi," Fulda, a. d. 1723. Also, Schannatt,
A," Supplement to Appendix A," pp.
City 'S'See William Coxe's "Travels in
and State of Geneva," book i. , p. 3.
Cxliv INTROBUCTION.
40,000 printed volumes, and very valuable MSS. ,'S' to the number of about
5,000,^53 torians. *S3
Among — GoTHA.
some,
In central
in its
the town of Gotha which contains
some 150,000 printed
sons," vol. ii. , Letter 63, p. 334.
'S'See the Librarian Senebier's "Cata-
dans la Bibliotheque de la Ville et Repub- lique de Geneve. " Published at Geneva, A. D. 1779, in 8vo.
'3' See M. Valery's "Voyages Histo- riques, Litteraires, et Artistiques en Italic, Guide Raisonne, et Complet du Voyageur et de 1' Artiste," tome i. , liv. i. , chap, vii. , p. n.
'S3 See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 97 "
''°
Afterwards the philologist, J. G. Grae-
these are
which have a value for- Irish his- special
Germany,
public library,*ss —
possesses
interesting codices,'54
volumes,^56 and 5,000 manuscripts. ^S7 Hamburg. theRiverElbe—wastheseatofaCatholicArchiepiscopalSee. Itformerly abounded with abbeys, nunneries and other charitable foundations. 'ss
Hamburg contains a great number of libraries, both public and private ;
while the wealth, public spirit and education, prevailing among its citizens, have tended to amass those rare codices, so prized by the leamed. '59 Several of these have a special interest, as they abound in Acts of our Irish Saints. Heidelburg. —Situated on the River Neckar, it had a rich library before1622,whenthiscitywastakenbytheSpaniards. ^^ Thebooksand manuscripts were dispersed •}^^ a part was taken to Vienna, and a part to theVaticanatRome. *^^ SomemattersofinterestfortheIrishhagiographer arekeptatHeidelburg. ^^3 Heiligenskreutz,ortheHolyCross. —Avery considerable collection of old manuscripts was preserved here,^^* and some of these were interesting in an Irish ecclesiastical sense. '^^ The old Cistercian Monastery of the place was founded a. d. 1134. ^^ Heilsbronn. —In this city of Wurtemberg, some manuscripts on Irish hagiological matters are to
Switzerland and in the Country of the Gri-
'59 See Cooper's
"
to 121, and logue raisonne des Manuscrits conserves manuscripts.
to 103. Also Supplement to Appendix Formation, Spoliation and Destruction of
A," p. 23.
'S^See Cooper, "Appendix A," pp. 104
to 106. And "Supplement to Appendix A," p. 24.
the Old Heidelberg Collections of Books,
which, together with a chiefly descriptive Index or Register of the restored Manu-
scripts in the year 1816, were given by
in 8vo.
'^3 These were restored in 1815, states the
"Gazetteer of the World," vol. vi. , p. 863. ''3 See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp.
"
Supplement to Appendix '** See "Archivder Gessellschaft fur al-
'55 See " Cyprianus, Catalogus
Codicum
Pius VII. to the of Hei- University
Pope
Manuscriptorum Bibliothecse Gothanae. delberg. Printed at Heidelberg, a. d. 1817,
Clarorum Virorum Epistolas cxvii. e Biblo-
thecae Gothanae Autographis. " Published
at Leipzig, a. d. 17 14, in 4to.
'S«See "Gazetteer of the World," vol.
vi. , p. 655.
'57 See Charles Knight's "English Cy-
clopaedia. " Geography. Vol. iii. , col. 59.
122, 123. Also
'5^ See Adam Neale's "Travels
some Parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey," chap, ii. , p. 20.
tere " and deutsche Geschichtkunde,
Pezius,
through
" Dissertatio Isagogica," p. iii.
'*5 See Cooper's "Appendix A," p. 123.
This
— city
situated on
Appendix A," pp. 108 Supplement to Appendix A," pp. 24, 25, for a detailed account of its
"
vius, laid the foundation of a new collection.
"' "
Wilken, Geschichte der Bildung, Be-
raubung imd Vemichtung der alten Heidel-
bergischen Biichersammlungen. Nebst einem meist beschreibendcn Verzeichniss der im Jahr 1816 von dem Papst Pius VII. der Universitat Heidelberg zuriickgege- benen Handschriften," or, a History of the
A," p. 25.
the Northern '^° It has a Department.
'^ See Cooper's "Appendix A," p. 123
to 126, and P-2S.
Supplement to Appendix A,"
"Teutsches Kiinstler- "
Bibliographical,
Geschichtkunde.
'70See
Lexicon. " Also Dibdin's
'8°See
lers in France," Route i, p. 7.
viii. , p. 594.
'^^ A short memoir of this foundation is yet preserved among the "Archives du Royaume" of the Belgian government. See " Some Notices of Manuscripts relating to
'73 See
Murray's
" Handbook for Travel-
in various now to be languages,
Meusel,
Murray's
and
France and Germany," vol. iii. , p. 224.
Pezius, "Dissertatio Isagogica," p. ii.
'7' See Cooper's "Appendix A," p. 141. '7^ See "Gazetteer of the World," vol.
'8' See Charles " Knight's
Antiquarian
Picturesque
Tour
through
English Cyclo- pedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 513.
lers in Southern Germany," Route 198, p.
Ireland,
found in the Burgundian Library at Brux- elles, with fac-simile Illustrations," etc. ,
INTRonucrioN. c::lv
be found. '^7 A catalogue of the former monastic and now public library
^^^ Some of national interest are there subjects great
has been
enumerated. '^9 Kremsmuenster. —At this place, in Austria, a valuable collection of manuscripts^^"—some on Irish ecclesiastical matters^^i—is preserved in the Benedictine abbey. It has a noble library of 50. 000 vo- lumes. ^72 Thefound—ationofthismonasticinstitutedatesbacktotheeighth
printed.
'74 in
the seat of a noble university, and it has many extensive libraries there es-
tabUshed. The public library contains 120,000 printed volumes, and 2,000 manuscripts : the University Library has 80,000 printed volumes, and 2,000 manuscripts. '75 Many o—f these latter records contain acts of our Irish Saints. '76 Lilienfeld. This Cistercian Abbey,'77 in Lower Austria, possessed manuscript materials'78 of interest for the Irish student. '79
Lille. —This city, formerly the capital of French Flanders, is now that of
century. '73 Leipzig. Leipzig,
Saxony, is a celebrated literary mart,
public library, containing 20,000 volumes. '^' There was an Irish College at Lille ;'^^ but whether or not, it
possesse—d Irish hagiological manuscripts, the writer cannot discover. Lisbon. Lisbon has a Bibliotheca Publica,'^3 and some few other chief libraries, '^4 containing a large number of books and several hundred manu-
»*^ See Murray's "Handbook for Travel-
lers in Southern Germany," Route 195, p.
224.
"
Catalogi Auctorum qui Bibliothecas Scrip-
'^7 "
SeeHirsching, Sehenswiirdige
tis consignarunt," vol. ii. , p. 281. Likewise, Meusel, "Teutsches Kiinstler-Lexicon. "
Band
iii. , p. 438.
'75 See Charles Knight's "English Cyclo-
pedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 490.
Biblio- theken Teutschlands," band or volume i. ,
pp. 159, 162.
'^See Hockerus, "Bibliotheca Heils-
bronnensis, sive Catalogus Librorum om-
nium tam Manuscriptorum quam Impres- sorum, qui in celeberrimi Monasterii Heils- bronnensis Bibliotheca Publica adservantur. " Published at Nuremberg, a. d. 1731, in folio.
'7^ See " Archiv der Gesellschaft fur altera ""
243-
'74 See Fellerus, "Catalogus Codicum p. 32. By Samuel H. Bindon.
Manuscriptorum Bibliothecse Paulinre in Academia Lipsiensis. " Published at Leip- zig, A. D. 1826, in 24mo, Also, Teisserius,
'^3 Open daily from 9 o'clock, A. M. , to 3 o'clock, P. M. , with free admittance.
^4 The King of Portugal's Palace das
'7^ See " Cooper's
Appendix A," pp. 142 to 148, and " Supplement to Appendix
A," p. 27.
'77 It was founded A. D. 1220, by D. Leo-
Vn. See "Handbookfor Murray's
pold
Travellers in Southern Germany," Route
245. P- 389-
'79 See
Cooper's
"
Appendix A," p. 149.
"HandbookforTravel-
cxlvi INTR OD UCTION.
scripts, but without printed catalogues, which miglit enable strangers to judge of their contents. '^s The King's Library has a large collection of good books. *^ LouvAiN. —In this Belgian city, a celebrated university'^? was founded in 1423, by John IV. , Duke of Brabant. '^^ It was long the chief literary institution in the Provinces of the Netherlands. '^9 The University Library of this ancient Brabantine city's" contains some fine old Belgic Chronicles. '9^ Several manuscripts, likewise, of special importance for the Irish hagiographer's purpose, are there preserved. '? * The University, sup- pressed by the French in 1793, was restored a. d. 181 7. In this city, too, was that famous and best school of Irish hagiology, est—ablished by the Fran- ciscan Fathers, in the seventeenth century. Madrid.
The Biblioteca Na- cional'93 of Madrid contains about 200,000 volumes, largely increased since the suppression of the Spanish convents. It is peculiarly rich in Spanish literature, and it possesses many curious manuscripts. '94 That, however, is not the sole great public library in this city. 'ss The collection of manu- scripts here contained the lives of various Irish saints,'96 and these are pro-
bably yet preserved in the Spanish capital. Mannheim. —This ancient city, in the Duchy of Baden, has a fine public library, containing several curious
Necesidades has a library full of precious
MSS. The Bibliotheca da Academia con-
tains 80,000 volumes. See Henry O'Shea's
*'
Guide to Spain and Portugal," pp. 540, 541. Third edition, 1868.
'*s See
Murray's
lers in Portugal," sect, i. , pp. 13, 14. Second edition.
'^* See Don Juan Alvarez de Colmenar's
to be found in the introduction to that finely printed series of Belgian Chronicles, issued
" Handbook for Travel-
by order of the government, and learnedly edited by various competent scholars, under direction of the Royal Historical Commis- sioners. The first of those
"
la Description de ces deux Royaumes," the Irish hagiologist.
Annales d'Espagne et de Portugal, avec
tome iii. , p. 266.
'*' An account of Louvain University will
be found, in " Fasti Academici Studii Gene- ralisLovaniensis,"&c. Published, Lovanii, A. D. 1650, in 4to.
'9^ During the writer's visit to Louvain,
in July, 1863, the library was closed, so that no opportunity was afforded for in-
specting the books or manuscripts.
'93 This was formerly called the Biblio-
teca been established Real, having by
Philip v. , and opened in 1 712. See Martin "
'88 See C. M. Davies' "
land and the Dutch Nation, from the be- ginning of the Tenth Century to the end of the Eighteenth," vol. i. , part i. , chap, vi. , p. 213.
'*9 See John Lothrop Motley's the Dutch Republic," vol. i.
" Historical
'9* See Richard Ford's " Handbook for Travellers in Spain," part ii. , sect, xi. , p. 721.
'95 See a
History
of Hol-
Rise of
Introduction, § xiii. , p. 85.
'9° See Philippus Ferrarius " Novum chief Bibliotecas in Henry O'Shea's admi-
"
Lexicon Geographicum, &c, tomus i. , p.
431. Baudrand's edition.
'9' The most complete accoimt we possess
of the innumerable historical works, pub- lished and in manuscript, which serve to illustrate the history of Belgium is probably
very
rable "Guide to Spain and Portugal," pp. 291, 292.
'9* TuUy O'Conry furnished a list of 63 Irish saints, copied at Madrid, in A. D. 1658. See the Trinity College Manuscript, classed F. 1, 18.
magnificent quarto tomes appeared at Bruxelles in 1836, and these Records are yet in course of pub-
lication. It need scarcely be observed, they contain matters of very great importance for
Wanderings in Spain, in 1843,"
Haverty's
vol. ii. , chap, xxi. , p. 239.
excellent of its description
torum Bibliothecse Moguntinse. " Likewise, "
to
159 161,
and "
to
Supplement Appendix 1747, 4to.
A," p. 28.
=~ See Charles
in
Rei Litterarise," cura Fischeri, p. 393.
Cooper's
Knight's
paedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 672.
"
Appendix A," pp.
torum addidit.
Published at Vienna, A. D.
See also " Notitia Struvius,
^"3 See the Rev. G. W. D. Evans' work,
"The Classic and Connoisseur in Italy and
Sicily," vol. ii. , p. 120.
*"* Montfaucon has noticed several of its
manuscripts. See "Diarium Italicum," cap. ii. , pp. 10 to 20.
""S The monastic libraries of the Benedic- tines formed the nucleus of this collection. See "Italy," by Lady Morgan, vol. i. ,
chap, v. , p. 88.
*^ The Rev. John Chetwode Eustace re-
"
See Cooper's "Appendix A," pp. 161
*'
" Archiv der Gesellschaft fiir altere deutsche Geschichtkunde. "
""See "A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Ger-
many," vol. iii. , Letter xlvi. , pp. 408 to 418.
INTRODUCTION. cxlvii
manuscnpts,'97and60,000printedvolumes. 's^ MayenceorMainz. —This city, the ancient Roman Moguntiacum, abounds in good libraries. '59 Cata- logues of those have seen the light,^"° and from them we learn, there are matters ofimportfortheIrishecclesiastical—student. '"' Thecitylibraryconsistsof above 90,000 volumes. '"' Milan. This beautiful city of Northern Italy contains many extensive libraries. Among these, the Brera Librar}' is one of the largest in Europe. '°3 TheBibliothecaAmbrosiana,'°*atMilan,was founded, a. d. 1609, by Frederigo Borromeo,'°5 a cousin to San Carlo Borromeo. It con- tainednearly100,000volumes,in1846; thereareover500volumesofmanu- scripts alone,'°^ while some of these are of great antiquity and interest. '°7 It possessesseveralIrishmanuscripts; and,init,materialsfortheco—mpilation of an old Irish grammar are to be found. '°^ Molk or Melk. In this romantically-situated town of Lower Austria, there is a fine monastic library. '°9 A beautifully engraved view of the large monastery here, with a description of its literary treasures, will be found in the work of Rev. Thomas Frognall Dibdin. "° There are severa—l manuscripts of value for the Irish hagiologist's use. '" Monte Casino. The romantically-situated abbfy of this place owes its origin to St. Benedict, who founded it in the year 529. "' The Benedictine Library of Monte Casino must always have a peculiar in-
'w See Gercken, " Reisen," band Hi. , pp. 169 to 173, and Bjomstahl's "Briefe," band v. , pp. 159 to 165.
's* See Charles Knight's "English Cyclo- paedia. " Geography, vol. iii. , col. 693.
ports it as containing 15,000 manuscripts. See "Classical Tour through Italy," An.
MDCCCII. , vol. iv. , chap, i. , p. 28.
'^ See J. S. Buckingham's " France, Piedmont, Italy, Lombardy, the Tyrol, and
Bavaria," vol. i. , chap, ix. , pp. 131, 132. ** Professor J. G. Ascoli, of Milan, has
'»9 See
''
Recensus Codicum Manuscrip-
Gudemus, Sylloge variorum Diploma- long since promised to publish, from manu-
tariorum Monumentorumque veterum in-
scripts of the eighth century, a rare collec- tion of Irish glosses.
"^ See " Bibliotheca Mellicensis, seu Vitae et Scripta Benedictinorum Mellicensium," auctore Martino Kropff, qui etiam Cata- logum selectorum nonnullorum Manuscrip-
"
editorum adhuc,
at Frankfort, A. D. 1 728, 8vo. Also Cramer, "Haus-Chronik," p. 141.
""
See Gercken, 32 to 62.
"' See
'*
Reisen," band iii. , pp.
pp. 337 to 400. Published
English Cyclo-
Also,
to 163, and
p. 29.
"
Supplement to Appendix A,"
'" A very interesting account will be found "
in M. Valery's Voyages Historiques Lit- teraires et Artistiques en Italie," tome ii. , liv. xiv. , chap, xii. , pp. 540 to 549.
k
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terest for the scholar, since in addition to its books, it contains numbers of
the most rare and vahiable manuscripts'^3 for the illustration especially of
ecclesiastical history. Father John Mabillon has written a description of
this place, and it is accompanied by two fine copperplate engravings of this magnificent monastery; while Father Montfaucon gives some curious ex-
tracts and illustrations, regarding its manuscripts, about the beginning of the
last century. 2^4 Munich. —This chief city of Bavaria contains one of the
finestcollectionsofvaluablebooksontheContinentofEurope. ^'s Munich's
Royal Library comprises a number of rare manuscripts,^'^ in almost every department of literature. ^'7 This latter collection includes some Irish
glosses, on a book of St. Paul's Epistles. ^'^ Various other manuscripts here
are singularly interesting for the student of our ecclesiastical history. ^'9
MuNSTER. —In this Prussian city—which has a Catholic University""—
Miinster city is stated to have been founded byCharlemagne. ^^3 Naples. — The three chief Public Libraries and the archive depositaries of Naples,^'^ besides their vast stores of books, contain several thousand manuscripts. =^^s Oftheselatter,numbersareinestimablyvaluableforanecclesiologist. "^ The Museo Borbonico has a library with 150,000 volumes—4,000 of which be- longt—otheearliestageofprinting—with3,000manuscripts. ^^7 Nurem- berg. In this city of Bavaria, there is a fine public library,"^ which con-
there are some for the Irish "^ interesting manuscripts^^^ hagiographer's study.
" Handbook for Travel- lers in Southern Italy," Route 141, pp.
"
Annales Ordinis S. Benedicti," tomus ii. , lib. xx. , sec. xxxii. , pp. 5610 57, and Montfaucon's "Diarium
Italicum," cap. xxii. , pp. 322 to 333.
=•5 The Rev.
