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but unknown, and, in Oxford, unappreciated collection of Irish 

 MSS. which it contains, the MSS. thei-e preserved are almost 

 as inaccessible for the purposes of Irish historical research, 

 as those of the Vatican or the Escurial. 



Dr. Todd did not pretend to give a complete account of 

 the contents of the " Psalter of Mac Richard," as it may per- 

 haps for convenience be called. He was able only to carry 

 away a very few memoranda of such articles as appeared, on 

 a very hasty inspection, likely to prove most interesting. 



On fol. 7 is a religious tract, known as the Life of St. 

 Margaret, a work of no value, except to the philologist. 

 Fol. 9. The Genealogy of St. Mochoemog. 

 Fol. l\, b. A religious tract, entitled, in Irish, " The 

 History of the Image of our Lord," and also, in Latin, " In- 

 cipit Libellus Anastasii [Athanasii] Archiepi Alexandriee 

 urbis, de passione imaginis Dni. nri. Jhu. X'." This is pro- 

 bably an Irish version of the tract attributed to St. Athanasius 

 at the second Council of Nice, although now admitted to be 

 spurious. It is published in Greek and Latin in the Bene- 

 dictine edition of the works of St. Athanasius. 



Fol. 14, «. A curious legend of Donogh O'Breen, abbot 

 of Clonmacnois. The story is, that having gone on a pilgri- 

 mage to Armagh, he was miraculously detained there until 

 his death, A. D. 987. He is said to have been the last of 

 the Irish saints who performed the miracle of raising the 

 dead. — See Annals of the Four Masters in an. 987. 



Fol. 15. An account of the ancient tract called the 

 Felire, or Festilogium, of Angus the Culdee ; being a Mar- 

 tyrology, or Calendar of the Saints' days observed in the 

 ancient Irish Church, compiled in the eighth century. 



Fol. 18, b. " The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, son 

 of Vespasian, in revenge for the Blood of Christ." 



There is a copy of this tract in the Leabhar Breac in the 

 Library of the Academy, and a fragment of it in the Book of 

 Lismore. 



