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MISCELLANEOUS volume containing : 1. Hexham Saints and their miracles, by Ethelred (Ailredus), Abbot of Rievaulx, headed "Incipiunt miracula sanctorum patrum qui in sancta Hagustaldensi ecclesia requiescunt, dictata a uenerabili Hethelredo abbate." Beg. "Presentis diei festiuitas." Printed in Mabillon's Acta. SS. 0. S. B., iii, i, p. 228 (ed. Paris), and Surtees Soc. vol. xlvi, p. 173, from the Bodleian MS. Laud Misc. 668. Cf. Hardy, Descriptive Cat., ii, p. 248. The present MS. makes notable improvements in the text, especially in supplying omissions; and three additional contemporary miracles of Acca are recorded at the end. After f. 5 the loss of a leaf has been supplied by a l7th cent. insertion, and f. 12 is a small slip of vellum with a l2th cent. insertion from Simeon of Durham. Lectional marks divide the text for use as legenda on the saints' festivals, and on f. 9 is the indication of the appropriate Gospel. f. 1.

2. Metrical summary, in elegiacs, of the Old and New Testaments, by Theodulphus Aurelianensis (Bishop of Orleans 788-821). Beg. "Quicquid ab Hebreo stilus." Printed in Migne, Patr. Lat. cv, col. 299. This article (with three leaves cut out in front of it) formed part of a book containing works of Hugh de St. Victor which belonged to St. Mary's Abbey, Byland, co. York, as f. 20 b shows, "Liber Sancte Marie de Bellalanda. In hoc uolumine coutinentur libelli magistri Hugonis canonici Sancti Victoris" followed by a list, beginning with the Didascalicon and Isagoge. f. 18b.

3. Three charters to St. Mary's Abbey, York, of William Rufus Henry I, and Henry II. The last is printed in Dugdale's Monasticon, iii, p. 548, with an inspeximus of the first. Both are found in an inspeximus in Hailey MS. 236, ff. 6 b, 7 b. f. 21.

4. The last chapter, and part of the last but one, of St. Benedict's Rule. Beg. " batem suum sincera." Four leaves are cut out at the beginning. f. 29.

5. History of the foundation of St. Mary's Abbey, York, by Stephen of Whitby, the first Abbot. Beg. "Quamuis sancta et una et uniuersalis mater." Printed in Monasticon, iii, p. 544, and there wrongly ascribed to Simon of Warwick. Cf. Hardy, Descriptive Cat., ii, p. 49. At the end, in the same band, are the provisions for the anniversaries of Abbot Stephen [d. 1112] and of Stephanus "comes Brithannie" [Count of Penthièvre, the successor of Count Alan, who founded the abbey], and in another hand the date (xi kal. Mai) of the obit of Count Stephen [d. 1157] and Hadewyse his wife. f. 29 b.

6. Account, in a hand of the latter half of the 13th cent., of the, anniversaries "in quibus annui redditus assignantur specialiter ad conuentum," including those of the ninth and tenth abbots, Thomas de Warthil and Simon de Warwick, and others, the establishment of which is in most cases dated (1243-1275). The last entry is that of Ricardus de Harpam, vicar of Burton Annays [Burton-Agnes], 1276, and is in anotber hand. f. 35.

7. Extracts from decrees of Benedictine provincial chapters, after 1444. f. 36 b. After this two leaves are cut out.

8. List [circ. 1180?] of the abbeys in confraternity with St. Mary's, with conditions of the compact. f. 37.

9. Memoranda, in a 16th cent. band, of the Lacy family in connexion with Stanlaw and Whalley Abbeys. f. 39 b. The old fly-leaf (f. iii) is part of a leaf from a Bible with commentary, in a 13th cent. hand, containing Gal. i. 17 and 21. Vellum; ff. iii + 39. 11³/₄ in. x 8¹/₈ in. XII cent. (exc. artt. 6, 7, 9). Gatherings of 8 leaves (f. 12 inserted, art. 2 an imperfect gathering, artt. 4-7 two imperfect gatherings, art. 9 an imperfect gathering of four). Sec. fol. "esse participem." Initials in colours, the first with elaborate scroll ornament. Belonged to Sir John Savile (d. 1607 Savile sale-cat. 1861, lot 60), and to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 24354; sale-cat. 1898, lot 15). Dunn sale-cat. 1914, lot 731.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Ailred of Rievaulx, etc. : coloured initials: 12th cent.

includes:

• f. iii Bible LATIN: Fragment of flyleaf, Gal. i. 17. 21.: 13th cent.
• f. 1 Saint Ailred,; Abbot of Rievaulx: Lives and miracles of Hexham saints: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 1 Hexham, Northumberland: Lives of Saints of, by Ailred of Rievaulx: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 1 Saints: Miracles of Hexham Saints, by Ailred of Rievaulx: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 2 Saint Wilfrid,; Bishop of York: Miracles of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 6, 16 b Acca, Bishop of Hexham: Miracles and invention of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 11 b Saint Alchmund,; Bishop of Hexham: Invention and translation of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 15 Saint Fridenbert,; Bishop of Hexham: Invention of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 15 Tilbert, St. Bishop of Hexham: Invention of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 15 b Eata, St., Bishop of Hexham and Lindisfame: Legend of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 18 b Theodulphus, Bishop of Orleans: Metrical summary of Old and Nelli, Testaments: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 21 York; Abbey of St Mary: Three royal charters to: 12th cent.: Lat.: Copies.
• f. 29 Saint Benedict: Fragment of Rule of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 29 b Stephen, of Whitby, Abbot of St.Mary's,. York: History of the foundation of the abbey: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f. 29 b York; Abbey of St Mary: Stephen of Whitby's History of the foundation of: 12th cent.: Lat.
• f.29 Orders Religious. Benedictines: Rule, 1lth cent., Lat. and Anglo-Sax. (Wells Cathedral MS.two pages). Photographs 1909 Facs. Suppl. I (g); -: 12th cent.: Lat: fragment.
• f. 34 b Penthièvre, Stephen, Count of, d. 1157: Obit.: 1157.
• f. 35 York; Abbey of St Mary: List of anniversaries celebrated by: 13th cent.
• f. 35 b Richard de Harpham, Vicar of Burton Agnes: Anniversary: 13th cent.
• f. 35 b Burton Agnes, Yorkshire: Anniversary of Richard de Harpham, Vicar: 13th cent.
• f. 36 b Orders Religious. Benedictines: Extracts from decrees of provincial chapters: aft. 1444.: Lat.
• f. 37 York; Abbey of St Mary: List of abbeys in confraternity with: 12th cent.
• f. 39 b Lacy family: Memoranda of, in connection with Stanlaw and Whalley Abbeys: 16th cent.: Lat.
• f. 39 b Stanlaw Abbey; afterwards Whalley Abbey, Cheshire, Lancashire: Memoranda of the Lacy family in connection with: 16th cent.: Lat.
• f. 39 b Whalley Abbey; Lancashire: Memoranda of the Lacy family in connection with: 16th cent.: Lat.