3l8 Proceediiii/s of ihe lioi/al Irish Aca/hm^/. 



(2.) M8. U. 25. Chartaceus, aaec. xvi/xvii, fols. 43 a-50 b. Copied by 

 Antonius Bosius (d. 1629), "ex prijno codice monasterii S. Caeciliae." At 

 the end occurs the hymn Brigida nomen hahet} 



(3.) MS. H. 28. Chartaceus, saec. xvi/xvii, fols. 177a-180a. Incomplete at 

 the beginning. Transcribed from Tomus xxi just described.^ 



Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana. 



There are four Mss. of this Vita in the Vatican. 



(1.) Cod. Vaticanus lat. No. 5772. Membr. saec. xiiiu., fols. 74: a-7(j b. 

 From the monastery of St. Columbauus at 13obbio in Piedmont.^ The prologue 

 and Vita proper are separated as in the Corsini MS. No. 777. Some folios are 

 lost between fols. 75 and 76, that portion of the Vita from the middle 

 of section 9 {nrboreni fiiitsne tramversam) down to the middle of section 29 [de 

 receptioiie et refectione sanctae Brigidae) being missed out. Some more folios 

 are gone at the end, and the Vita breaks oil' abruptly towards the end of 

 section 33 {iufirmiores se iuimte et durissime operari).^ 



(2.) Cod. Vaticanus lat. No. 6075. Chartaceus, saec. xvii, fols. 67 a-71 a. 

 Copied in 1601 "ex Passionali postea deperdito ecclesiae Sanctae Caeciliae 

 trans Tibeiim." Same separation between prologue and Vita as in the 

 preceding MS. After the A'ita comes the hymn Bri(/ld« noineu liahet.^ 



(3.) Cod. Vaticanus lat. No. 9499. Membr. saec. xiv/xv, fols. 204 a-204 b. 

 A very brief epitome of the Vita.'^ 



(4.) Cod. Ottobonianus No. 223. Membr. saec. xiv/xv, fols. 280 b-281 a. 

 A mere fragment of the Vita (sections 1-5).'' 



Kouen, Bibliotheciue Publique. 



This Library possesses two mss. of the VitaS. Brigidae. 



(1.) MS. No. 1384 (U. 26). Membr. saec. xi, fols. 230 b-240 b. Obtained 

 from the ancient Benedictine abbey of Gemeticum'* (Juniieges, dep. de la 

 Seine-lnferieure) near Rouen. A volume of Vitae Sanctorum." 



' Poncelet, lou. cit., \>. 444. = I'oucelel, luu. cit., p. 448. 



^ The Benedictine moiiusleiy of Hobbiu Wiis seuulaiizedin ISOa. Cf. theCatholie Euuyclopiedia, 

 ait. iiobbiu (vol. ii, 19U7) ; CipoUa (L'Aite, 1904, p. 241). 



^ Poncelet, Catalogua codicum hagiographicorum latinoium Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Bruxellis, 

 1910, p. 150. 



* Poncelet, loc. cit., p. 171. '^Poncelet, loc. cit., p. 2S8. 



' Poncelet, loc. eit., p. 420. 



' Cf. Gottlieb, Ueber niittelallerliuhe Bibliotheken, 1890, p. 394. 



"Ouiont, Catal. gen. des MSS. des Bibl. Publ. de France, Departements, t. i, 1880, p. 360; 

 -Vnalecta BoUandianu, 23, 1904, p. 172. 



