500 



This MS. is without any illuminations, nor could 1 find 

 in it any trace of the Irish language. 



Vol. XXV., containing Nos. 8530-8534, is a "collec- 

 tanea" which belonged to some Jesuit library, and contains a 

 tract entitled " De Sanctis Hibernise Item de Hibernise His- 

 toria et quod qui Scoti appellantur usque ad annum fere 900 

 patria Hiberni fuerunt." 



The first part of this tract is a long alphabetical index to 

 the Irish saints, with references to notices, &c., of them. The 

 next part is a very interesting tract upon Irish history, being 

 a collection of notices by the most ancient writers upon the 

 country, arranged according to the subject. This tract is 

 rather long. At the conclusion will be found a poem entitled 

 " Sancti Ibernise in Belgio," of fifty-two verses. The con- 

 tents of this volume are entirely in Latin. The second part 

 of the MS. is upon the Scotch saints. No date is to be 

 found in this volume ; possibly it formed part of the BoUan- 

 dist collection. 



Vol. XXVI. (8597) is a collectanea of hagiography, con- 

 taining the offices of some Irish saints, written in the same 

 hand as the last MSS. spoken of, and also belonging to some 

 Jesuit library. No name or date appear in it. 



Vol. XXVII. In this volume will be found No. 9035, 

 which is a French translation of the Purgatory of St. Patrick, 

 and begins, " Moult de fois allant demander." The com- 

 mencement of this is ornamented with a drawing of the Pur- 

 gatory, representing the souls in torment, the dimensions of 

 which drawing are about four inches by two and a half: it is 

 rather well executed, but presents nothing remarkable. The 

 MS. is of the fifteenth century. 



Vol. XXVIII. This volume contains, among other 

 writings of St. Bernard, No. 9648, which is his sermon upon 

 the death of St. Malachy, " Sermo in transitu Malachice," 

 commencing, " De cailo nobis, dilectissimi." This MS. is 

 attributed to the twelfth century, and is perhaps the oldest 



