Descriptive Catalogue of Materials Relating to the History of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 1, No. 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...Clonenacbensis. MS. Bodl. Rawl. B. 505. pp. 214-217. veil. folio, xiv. cent. MS. Bodl. Rawl. B. 485. f. 220. veil. 4to. xiv. cent. Incip.--"Fyntanus sanctus filius Crumthini de finibus "Lageniae oriundus fuit." Desin.--"qui regnat in aeternum in saecula saeculorum. "Amen." " Thomas Sirinus, in Commentario ad Vitam Sancti Columbani." A.D. co3. 536. Vita S. Fintani, Abbatis de Cluainednech. MS. Marsh. Dublin. Incip "Sanctus Abbas Fintanus, vir vitae venerabilis, de "provincia Laginensium oriundus fuit." Expl.--" ducta est ad aeterna gaudia." Printed in Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Iliberniae," i. 349, "ex Codico Killkennicnsi," probably the same as the abovementioned; and in the "Acta Sanctorum" iii. 17 (17 Feb.). "ex MSS. Salmanticensi et Kilkenniensi, et Colgano." St. Fintan was born in Leinster in the sixth century. There were also other Saints of the name of Fintan, the principal being St. Fintan or Munnu, who died Oct. 21st, A.D. 635. There is a Life of a St. Fintan in the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy at Brussels, No. 8073, commencing "Fintanus "summi Dei sacerdos." A.D. 604. A.D. 604. 537. De Dedication Ecclesiae Westmonasterii per beatum Fetrum Apostolum, Angelis eidem ministrantibus, nocte Dominica, xj. Kal. Aprilis, anno Domini vic. iiij. MS. Bodl. 101 (1948). ff. 12-16b. veil. small 4to. xv. cent. Incip.--" Tempore quo Rex Adelbertus." Expl.--"per omnibus cariorem." A.D. 604. A.D. G04. 538. Johannis Goscelini, Monachi Cantuariensis, Liber Amplior de Adventu Beatissimi Anglorum Apostoli, Augustini, Sociorumque ejus, in Britanniam; et de ipsius Virtutibus. MS. Cott. Vespas. B. xx. ff. 26-60....