80 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academij. 



Zarich. 



There are two libraries in Zurich which contain iiss. of interest to 

 students of Hibemo-Latin literature — the Cantonal Library and the Town 

 Library. Unfortunately no printed catalogues of the MSS. in either of these 

 libraries have as yet been published. 



(a) Kantonsbibliothek. 

 The more important of the 1000 mss. in this library have been carefully 

 studied by Herr Jakob Werner, Professor of Mediaeval Latin Philology in 

 the L^niversity of Zurich,' to whom I am indebted for much kind assistance. 



1. MS. C. 176. 



An eleventh-century MS., a full description of which has been made by 

 Herr Werner. 



Fol. 174\-°-175 %•*: Sanctus Columbanus haec de saltu lunae ait: De 

 lunari motatione dicturo non aliunde milii sumendum videtur exordium, etc. 

 amittere \-idetur. 



This is the short tract attributed to St. Columbanus, also found in the 

 St. Gallen MS., No. 250, described above. 



2. MS. HisL 28. 



A ninth-century MS. obtained from the ancient monasteiy of Reichenau. 

 A full description of it has been given by F. Keller (Mittheilungen der 

 Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zurich, \\, 1849, pp. 37-68). Among other 

 things it contains the Regula Monachonuu of St Columbanus and the 

 Instructio Quinta attributed to him. This MS. was employed by Seebass for 

 his edition of the Regula Monachorum (Zeitechrift fur Kircheugeschicbte, xv, 

 1895, p. 367). 



3. MS. No. 72. 



A quarto parchment MS., consisting of 416 pages, written in a tenth- 

 centurj" hand in single columns, with twenty-five lines to the page. There 

 area few marginal notes and some illuminated titles. This MS. formerly 

 belonged to the ancient monastery of Rheinau.' 



■ TIic Cnirenitie* ci SvitsetUad, like iboM of most CootineDtal ooaatrica, ue veil prorided 

 witli Chain of M«<li>eTal LAtinit; ui4 of Palieogrsphjr. Cnfortoiiatelx the ume cannot at present 

 be said of our Iriafa Unirenitae*. 



* Rh»it>«ii most be carefullj diatio^iabed from ibe more celebrated Beicbenau. Rheinau or 

 Angia Rbeni ta aitnstcd on a picturo^ne ialand of the Rhine, not far from the falls near .Schaff- 

 bauioi. Reicbeoau is • fertile ialand in the inferior part of the Lake of Constance. It was known 

 as Augia Dires or Aogia Maior. Tbe monasteries ai both pieces were much frequented by Irish 

 monks in the middle sges. Tbe Reicbenan lU*. are now moatlj at EarUnihe. Tbe majority of the 

 extiuit Rbeinau mix. are in tbe Kantonsbibliothek at Zurich. 



