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At the commencement of the volume is the following head- 

 ing or title : " Tractatum sequentem cle Provineia Hiberniae 

 concinnavit, R. adm. P. Donatus Monaeus, dam esset Provin- 

 cialis et hue ex Hibernia ad res hujus collegij S. Anthonii or- 

 dinandas advenisset." It may be remarked that this appears 

 an interesting and valuable historical document, and, together 

 with the papers before mentioned upon the Irish Franciscans, 

 must be of great value in preparing a correct " Monasticon 

 Hibernicum." Of course, their value is much increased when 

 we remember that they were compiled under the directions of 

 the heads of the Irish college of St. Anthony. The text of 

 this history commences thus: " Provineia ordinis S. Fran- 

 cisci in Regno Hybernise." 



Vol. VIII. (3201). This volume, which is a large folio, 

 appears to be a " Collectanea" of the Lives and Acts of 

 Saints for the month of March ; probably it formed part of the 

 Bollandist collection, although it has not their library mark. 

 The above number is stated in the " Inventaire" to be " Vita 

 S. Patricii," and under this title will be found four different 

 lives of the Saint. The second life bears date 1641, and the 

 third is extracted from Camden. There are also two copies 

 of the "Purgatory;" the first, "exMS. Hiber. Min. Lova- 

 nii ;" and the other, "ex MS. Maximini Treveris ;" besides 

 these there is a life of St. Senan, " ex MS. Hibern. Seminar. 

 Salamaticensis Soc. Jesu,* coll. cum MS. R. P. Ward;" and 

 also a long poem and hymn to this Saint ; some of the other 

 lives appear to have been extracted " ex MS. F" . J. Colgani." 

 This volume has been recently bound, and I was unable to 

 discover any name or date, &c., indicating the compiler, or 

 where it was written. 



Vol. IX. (3824, 3825). The first part of this volume, 

 which is a large, thin quarto, is occupied with the correspon- 



* This MS. is now in the Burgundian Library. See vol. xxii. in this Cata- 

 logue. 



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