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Bome of very considerable beauty (cf. the facsimiles iu Eeeves's edition, 

 Plates 1 and 2). It was copied by Dorbbene, who died in 713, and is said 

 to be the oldest MS. in Switzerland. It is possible that it is not so ancient 

 as is generally supposed. The MS. was obtained from the ancient monastery 

 at Eeichenau; as is shown by the somewhat faded note at the top of page 1, 

 col. a, "Liber Augie Divitis," and at the foot of same page now partially 

 erased, " Lib' Augie Maioris." The exact date at which it passed into the 

 possession of the SchafJhausen library is not now known. It was, however, 

 there before the year 1795. Formerly it bore the number 22 (cf. Hacncl, Neue 

 Jahrbiicher fiir Thilologie und Paedagogik, Supplementband vi, 1840, p. 458].- 

 Pages 1 to 136 contain the work of Adamnan. On page 137 is written the 

 Lord's Prayer in Greek. A collation of this .MS. with the old editions was 

 used by Keeves iu 1857, but an examination of the MS. has shown me that it 

 was by no means a complete one.' Moreover, Eeeves did not follow the 

 orthography of the ms., on the ground that it is " barbarous, or at least 

 provincial " ; nor has he inserted all the peculiar spellings in his Variae 

 l.iectione3, " as they would have swelled them to an inconvenient length " 

 (Reeves, ed. of Adamnan, p. xvii). A considerable literature is attached to 

 this MS. : Keller, Mittheilungen der antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zurich, 

 vii, 1851, p. 85 ; Reeves, ed. of Adamnan, 1857, pp. xiii-x.xiv ; J. S., Anzeiger 

 zur Schwei/erische Geschichte und Altertuniskunde, v und vi Jahrgang, 

 Zurich, 1859 und 1860, p. 60 sq. ; Fowler, ed. of Adamnan, 1894, pp. viii and 

 166 ; Stokes and Strachan, Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus, ii, 1903, p. xxxi ; 

 Boos, Verzeichnis, etc., 1903, p. 67. 



St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek. 



The Monastic Library at St. Gallen contains one of the most valuable 

 collections of mss. in Europe.' Having been founded and much frequented 

 by Irish monks, it is naturally rich in works relating to Hibemo-Latin 

 literature. An excellent catalogue of the MSS. by G. Scherrer was published 

 at Halle in 1875.' 



' Sinco the the above wa» written Mr. R. I. Bot has kindly called my attention to an article in 

 TheAiadeniy (toI. xjti., 1886, p. 227), by the late Dr. Whitley Stokes, in which the latter ncordg the 

 results o( Ilia examination of the Schnffliaua- n codex in the aiimmer of 1886. Hii obnervn lions are 

 in complete agreement with my own. " Kecve* hn« in hi« text dinreganlcd the pcciiliariiiea of 

 Adamnan'.^ orthography, which are often both curiuus and inBtriictive. In fonie inslancea, where 

 the spelling of the Ms. is perfectly correct according to Brambach and the best Latin codices, it has 

 been spoiled in the edition." 



' .\m >iiiiling in all to 1793 volumes. 



' Vcry.-irbni!» der linndacliriften di r Stiriabililiolhck von St. U;Jlen, Halle, 1875. 



