Trinity College, Dublin

The complete microfilm of one of the world’s great manuscript libraries is an event that will be welcomed by scholars working in all subject areas. Although it is best known for its great Gospel Books, Trinity College Library is the home for a large, comprehensive, and often surprising collection of mediaeval and renaissance manuscripts.

Section I: The Roman Inquisition

The manuscripts of the Roman Inquisition are an important and fascinating part of the collection. They are divided into three groups; the first consists of twelve volumes of copies of pontifical briefs and bulls. Some of the more interesting date from the time of the Great Schism; another volume encompasses the reign of Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI. The volumes in this section probably came from the Roman Dataria or Chancery.

The second group, covering the period 1564 – 1659, consists of nineteen volumes of the original sentences handed out by lnquisitors all over Europe. It is easy to see why the Inquisition was so feared: a heretic was usually publicly executed, a fate that may have come as a welcome relief after his interrogation. But abjurants did not escape punishment either; many were condemned to life imprisonment, others to a life working the galleys. It is not a coincidence that this collection begins in 1564, the same year as the first session of the Council of Trent, which may be credited with renewing the verve and drive of the Catholic Church. These manuscripts provide excellent examples of the zeal with which heretics were hunted and punished.

The third group is made up of thirty five volumes of proceedings for witchcraft, heresy, blasphemy and immorality (both clerical and monastic). All of these trials took place in the provincial courts of the Inquisition in Italy and the story of how the manuscripts arrived in Dublin is a fascinating one. It is only due to Napoleon that they left Italy at all; some were returned later in the century, others were separated from the main set, to be purchased by the Duke of Manchester in 1841. They changed hands again, before being presented to Trinity by the Reverend C.W. Wall in 1854. Such a collection of records is rare outside Italy and will be of great value to scholars of sixteenth century religious history.

This section consists of three series.

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Series I: Pontifical Briefs & Bulls

Copies of this are in the Bullarium Romanum.

Contents

Reel	Ms	Title/Description
1	1223	Volume l. Boniface IX (imperfect). 1389
	1223	Volume ll. Eugenius IV. 1434
2	1223	Volume III. Eugenius IV. 1439
	1223	Volume IV. Pius ll. 1463
3	1223	Volume V. Innocent VIII. 1489
	1223	Volume VI. Alexander VI. 1492 – 1496
4	1223	Volume VII. Clement VII. 1530
	1223	Volume VIII. Paul IV. 1556
5	1223	Volume IX. Pius IV (begins from f. 29 and wants ff. 150 – 172). 1561 -1562
	1223	Volume X. Benedict XIV. 1745
6	1223	Volume XI. Pius VI. 1778 and (at end) 1777
7	1223	Volume XII. Pius VI. 1784 – 1787
8	1223	Volume XIII. Two fragments… Lib 2, Anni VI, SSmi C, N. Clementis XIII, ff. 1 – 20; Anni IX, ff. 562 – 579

Series II: Sentences Of The Inquisition

Contents

Reel	Ms	Title/Description
8	1224	Volume l. Sentences. Lists crimes and punishments; most heretics were publicly executed and even abjurants were forced to undergo ‘penances’ such as working five years on the galleys. 1564 – 1568
	1225	Volume ll. Sentences and abjurations. These are mainly from towns in Italy, the Inquisitors being specially delegated from Rome. 1580
9	1226	Volume II. Sentences and abjurations. F. 139 is the account of a Franciscan friar suspected of heresy for practising sorcery. He was sentenced to three years in the galleys of Venice, or if he was considered unable to endure that, five years imprisonment. 1581 – 1582
	1227	Volume IV. Sentences and abjurations. F. 88 The Bishop of Savona was deprived of his see for favouring heretics. Trials of several Englishmen. 1582
10	1228	Volume V. Sentences and abjurations. Several cases of priests accused of sorcery. 1603
	1229	Volume VI. Sentences and abjurations. Two Calvinists abjure their Protestant faith, and are given light penances. 1607
11	1230	Volume VII. Sentences and abjurations. Most of the cases are of converts born to heretic parents, who present themselves spontaneously. Many are cases of soldiers taken prisoner by the Turks and who were forced to profess Mohammedanism. They all declare that they never actually denied their Christian religion and are under suspicion of apostasy. January – June 1615
	1231	Volume VIII. Sentences and abjurations. 1628
12	1232	Volume IX. Proceedings. This volume contains denunciations and examinations and should really be included with the third series. 1635 – 1639
	1233	Volume X. Sentences and abjurations. Heresy, polygamy and sorcery. 1650
13	1234	Volume Xl. Sentences etc. Mainly for sorcery, but also includes cases of heresy and bigamy. There are also several professions of the Orthodox faith by Oriental schismatics. 1651
	1235	Volume XII. Sentences etc. Chiefly for sorcery. 1657
	1236	Volume XIII. Sentences etc. Includes names of English converts. 1658
14	1237	Volume XIV. Sentences etc. 1659
	1238	Volume XV. Liber Sententiarum et Abjurationum. F. 269 is the case of a Spaniard who had been persuaded to turn to Islam on being told that he was of Moorish descent, but on coming to Valladolid and seeing ‘la grandezza della fede Catholica’, he returned to the Church. 1608
15	1239	Volume XVI. Liber sententiarum et abjurationum. 1610
	1240	Volume XVII. Liber sententiarum… Several Greeks make professions of faith. A Welsh soldier abjures his heresy. 1652
16	1241	Volume XVIII. Liber sententiarum… The cases are mainly confessions of heresy or sorcery, with several of polygamy or blasphemy. 1654
	1242	Volume XIX. Liber sententiarum… Cases are similar to above. 1655

Series III

Contents

Reel	Ms	Title/Description
17	1243	Volume I. Depositions of witnesses in the process against the Bishop of Policastro
	1244	Volume II. Sancti Offici Sponte Comparentium coeptus die 28th Decembris 1655. Denunciations and examinations; English names are numerous
18	1245	Volume II continued and Volume III. Liber Sponte Comp. Again, mainly denunciations, many involving English people. 1627 – 1629
19	1246	Volume IV. Depositions etc. in various cases taken at Naples chiefly against ecclesiastics. 1631 – 1638
20	1247	Volume V. Cases of polygamy in Milan. Ff 1 – 272 are occupied with the case of Don Diego di Cordova. 1632 – 1635
21	1248	Volume VI. Copies of proceedings in various towns of Italy. 1631 – 1638
	1249	Volume VII. This document begins with a case of sorcery in Rome. 1636 – 1711
22	1250	Volume VIII. Cases mainly from Ancona and Siena. 1672 – 1690
	1251	Volume IV. Ancona etc. Information on a sect known as ‘Quietists’ in Ancona. 1669 – 1710
23	1252	Volume X. Cases from Rome and Bologna. 1692 – 1697
	1253	Volume XI. Parma and Borgo San Donnino. Conta Domincum del Prato ponsum Reum… 1697 – 1698
24	1254	Volume XII. Bisanzio e Roma. 1690 – 1695
	1255	Volume XIII. Faenza, Avignon, Viterbo. Cases of heresy and blasphemy. 1694 – 1698
	1256	Volume XIV. Milan, Rome, Florence, Malta, Cremona, Naples. 1687 – 1710
25	1257	Volume XV. Spoleto: informatio de vita et moribus necnon de conceptu et fama Theclae Baldini. 1699 & 1701
	1258	Volume XVI. Bologna, Cremona etc. 1707 – 1710
26	1259	Volume XVII. Rome, Perugia, Saluzzo etc. Mainly trials for blasphemy. 1693-1726
	1260	Volume XVIII. Spoleto, Ancona, Venoza etc. F. 325 is a memorial to the Pope from the Hebrew community in Ancona in which they recount the briefs issued by former popes for their protection. This document was provoked by the anti-Semitic Behaviour of the Anconian Christian community. 1632 – 1710
27	1261	Volume XIX. Turin, Mantua, Cremona, Rimini, Vicenza, Modena. F. 595 concerns a monk who, in 1640, intended to abandon certain articles of the Catholic faith, but a vision which appeared to him three nights running made him change his mind. 1627 – 1715
	1262	Volume XX. Venice, Rimini, Spoleto. Grand Master forbidding all to assist the Corsairs under penalty of five years in the galleys. This matter continues in f. 58 and 238. 1718 – 1788
28	1263	Volume XXI. Faenza. One case concerns a nun who had dabbled in the heresy of Quietism; she was forced to denounce herself. 1718 – 1721
	1264	Volume XXII. Rome, Ancona, Spoleto, Malta, Mantua, Perugia. 1617 – 1621
	1265	Volume XXIII. Malta, Modena, Velletri, Florence, Genoa. 1636 – 1711
29	1266	Volume XXIV. Siena, Mantua, Trivento. It is evident from this volume that there was some dispute between the Inquisitor and the Bishop of Pienza as to the extent of the Inquisitor’s jurisdiction. 1718 – 1727
	1267	Volume XXV. Rome, Perugia, Florence. Mainly cases of blasphemy and heresy. 1725 – 1727
30	1268	Volume XXVI. Florence. Documents relating to the controversy between the Holy Office and the lay ministers of the Grand Duke. 1731 – 1760
	1269	Volume XXVII. Venice, Spain. Includes material about a dispute between the Inquisition and The Republic of Venice. 1722 – 1755
31	1270	Volume XXVIII. Civitavecchia. Includes a petition from galley slaves complaining of the inhumanity of their treatment. 1768 – 1784
	1271	Volume XXIX. Civitavecchia. More complaints from galley slaves. Also several complaints from individuals against officials of the Inquisition. 1783 – 1795
32	1272	Volume XXX. Rimini, Malta, Venice. F. 8 Papers relating to the church of SS Simon and Jude in Rimini which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1786. Subsequent ff refer to repairs. 1632, 1721 – 1789
	1273	Volume XXXI. Rimini, Faenza. F. 374 Complaint about a company of actors who represented the tragedy of Samson in the theatre. 1697, 1785 – 1790
33	1274	Volume XXXII. Perugia, Naples etc. F. 669, Forli 1634 is about writings of a diabolical nature found in the chamber of Agnostini de providentia, guardian of the convent of Forli. 1630 – 1635
	1275	Volume XXXIII. Rome and Spoleto. 1709 – 1710
	1276	Volume XXXIV. Venice. Circa la reperizione del supposto Cadavere di Fr. Paolo Sarpi
34	1277	Volume XXXV. Various cases from Malta, Milan, Firenze, Rome and Spoleto. At the end of f. 86 is a short table of contents to this volume. 1692 – 1727

Section II: Secular Studies

The second section consists of a varied selection of manuscripts, in four parts.

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Part A: Music

The collection of musical manuscripts consists mainly of secular music, although there are a few interesting pieces of ecclesiastical music such as Thomas à Kempis’ “Musica Ecclesiastica” (Ms 678). The popular songs include works in French and Italian, as well as many English pieces; Ms 408 is a 16th century copy of Greensleeves that may have belonged to James I.

Contents

Reel	Ms	Title/Description
1	407	John Travers, De Arte Musica. 1572
	408	A collection of songs and other musical pieces, including Greensleeves (said to have belonged to James I). Circa 1600
	409	James Dowson of Chester, Speculum Mathematicum… Musices Libri Tres. 1600
	410	Thomas Dallis of Cambridge, musical lessons set for the lute etc. 1583
	411	Dionysius Chalcus. Hymni harmonici tres sec. 17th century
	412	Hymns and songs set to music. 16th century
	413	Overtures, preludes etc. 3 volumes. 17th century
2	414	The Psalms in French metre, with music. 17th century
	439	Select Psalms of David in English. 14th century
	678	Thomas à Kempis. Musica Ecclesiastica. 15th century
	921	Troporius vel Troporum Liber. 15th century
	1169	Madrigali Di Cipriano di Rore a quattro Voci
3	1177 & 1177A	Alphonse des Vignoles. Traité de la musique moderne. 17th century
	1191	Hymni Psalmi et alia Cantica… 1777
	1192	Antiphonarium officiorum totius anni Ecclesiae… 1761
4	1415	A collection of songs etc. 18th century
	1418	A collection of songs (begins with page 25, ends page 282; pages 223 – 228 are missing). 1770
	1446	Green canticles with musical notation. Circa 1570
	1723	Greek fragment containing a hymn to the Virgin

Part B: Law

A large proportion of the legal manuscripts deal with the constitutional problems of the 17th century which led up to the Civil War (Mss 538, 541 – 542, 724 – 725 and 852). There are several manuscripts of Brehon law tracts and one collection of Irish deeds dating from the 14th century.

Contents

Reel	Ms	Title/Description
5	199	Photi Canones Ecclesiastici. Graece. 10th century
	338	Quaestiones et Casus in Lege Civili. Circa 1500
	378	Gabriel de Carvajal. De libero Arbitrio. 17th century
6	538	Discourse of the Authoritie and Priviledge of Parliament… Circa 1600
	540	Proceedings by Attorney-General Noy. 1632
	541	Proceedings in Parliament and Star Chamber. 1640
	542	Proceedings in Star Chamber. 1633 – 1634
	598	Collectanea de Jure Civili et Canonico. Circa 1600
	642	Narrationes Novae (Anglice, Law Entries). 14th century
	649	Court of Star Chamber. Circa 1600
7	657	Legal Forms of Charters and other Instruments
	682	Collections on matters of Law. Circa 1700
8	703	Commonplace book for the Law, 2 volumes. 17th century
9	704	Treatise of the King’s Courts of Exchequer, Chancery, Star Chamber… 17th century
	705	Reports of Cases adjudged, 1603 – 1610
	718	Cases from King’s Bench and the Exchequer, 2 volumes. 17th century
10	718	Cases from King’s Bench and the Exchequer, 1 volume. 17th century
	719	Readings of Sir Henry Yelverton et al on various statutes. 17th century
11	721	Treatises and Censures in the Star Chamber. 17th century
	722	Commission of Charles I for erecting the Court of Star Chamber in Dublin. 17th century
12	724	Arguments of the Judges about Ship Money. 1637 – 1638
	725	Papers on Ship Money etc. 17th century
13	728	Proceedings of a Parliamentary Committee concerning delay in Law etc. presented 1652
	735	Various Precedents for the Ecclesiastical Courts, chiefly used in Ireland. 17th century
	852	Collections relating chiefly to Parliamentary Proceedings. 17th century
	855	Treatises on Wards, Tenures, and Alienations etc. 17th century
14	895	Recueil de Dissertations sur le droit publique ecclesiastique de France faites par le ordre de M. Colbert, 2 volumes. 17th century
	954	Legal forms (chiefly Latin) written in court hand. 17th century
15	1056	Tractatus de Criminibus et Casibus Conscientae. Circa 1700
	1170	Records of various Forms of Judgements in Criminal Causes… 17th century
	1207	Family Deeds. 13th – 17th centuries
	1316	Brehon Laws and Miscellanea (105 pages). 14th century
16	1358	Laws, Poems etc. 19th century
	1367	Brehon Law Tracts, ff. 16. 15th century
	1401	Donald M’Firbis’s glossary of the Brehon Laws, transcribed 1840
	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 2 volumes
17	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 3 volumes
18	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 2 volumes
19	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 2 volumes
20	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 2 volumes
21	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 2 volumes
22	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 2 volumes
23	1424	Transcripts of Brehon Law Mss in various libraries, 1 volume
	1429	A Collection of Irish Deeds. 15th – 17th centuries
	1430	Transcript and Translation of the preceding Deeds, 2 volumes. 19th century
24	1787	Irish Parliament. Henry VI to Elizabeth I
	1790	Miscellaneous State Papers

Part C: Heraldry & Genealogy

This collection of manuscripts stands a tribute to the 16th century obsession with genealogy and family history. Most of the papers document the arms and pedigrees of noble and gentle families in both England and Ireland, and were written mainly to amuse the upper classes.

Contents

Reel	Ms	Title/Description
25	456 – 462	22 volumes of Arms of various families of England, Ireland and Scotland, with some French. 16th century
26	463 – 468	22 volumes of Arms of various families of England, Ireland and Scotland, with some French. 16th century
27	469 – 474	22 volumes of Arms of various families of England, Ireland and Scotland, with some French. 16th century
28	475 – 477	22 volumes of Arms of various families of England, Ireland and Scotland, with some French. 16th century
	478	John Seldon, Several Treatises on the Nobility of England. 17th century
	479	Heraldic Documents. 16th century
	518	Heraldic Collections. 16th century
29	636	Collectanea Varia de Re Heraldica. 16th century
	639	Heraldica. 16th century
	661	A commonplace book of heraldry. 16th century
	663	Collectanea de Re Heraldica. 16th century
	772	Christopher Usher… Arms of Families and Colleges in England, with some Irish Families. 16th century
	797	Genealogicae et Stemmata. 1674
	849	Heraldica, scil. 16th – 17th centuries
30	850	Heraldica. 17th century
	966	Genealogy of the “Earles, Marquises and Dukes of Suffolke”. 17th century
	1212	Pedigrees of all the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland, traced to the middle of the reign of Elizabeth. 17th century
	1213	Pedigrees of the principal families that have existed in Ireland for the past 200 years. 17th century
	1214	The Book of the Visitation by Thomas Benold, Clarencieux King of Arms, A.D. 1531… Circa 1700
	1215	Pedigrees and intermarriages of the Principal families in Lancashire and Yorkshire… Circa 1700
31	1216	Obituaries, pedigrees, marriages etc. of most of the principal families in Ireland… Circa 1700
	1217	Pedigrees of the families of many hundred Noblemen and Gentlemen in Ireland. 17th century
31	1218	Collections relating to the noble families in Ireland, (first 16 pages relate mainly to the 14th century, then first page is 223). 16th – 17th centuries
	1219	Genealogical Tables of several families in England and Ireland. Circa 1700
32	1220	The Arms, History and Genealogy of the most ancient families in England. 17th century
	1221	Names of the chief Families of Great Britain and Ireland, with their Blazon of Arms. 17th century
	1296	Genealogies, Tales, Poems etc. 18th century
	1298	Genealogical and Historical Collections. 15th century
33	1372	Genealogies of the principal families in Ireland, both the natives and early English settlers. 1668
	1377	Genealogical Tables (imperfect). 18th century
	1478	Copy of the Register of Baptisms of St. Brides, Dublin. 1633 – 1800
34	1479	Copy of the Register of Marriages at St. Brides. 1634 – 1801
	1480	Copy of the Register of Burials at St. Brides. 1634 – 1801
	3857	Hussey Deeds. 1351 – 1463

Part D: General

This section covers a variety of subjects ranging from Mediaeval Miscellanies to various accounts of tours made in Ireland and Europe during the 18th century. There are a number of philosophical tracts as well as the complete works of several individuals who bequeathed their writings to the university.

Contents

Reel	Ms	Title/Description
35	115	Adam the Stockton Expositions etc. 14th century
	125	Edward Lively ‘Chronologica seu Notitia Temporum’. 17th century
	126	Idem opus: cum notis Usserii. 17th century
	207	Miscellanea. 15th century
36	208	Cardinal Thomas de Capua ‘Ars Dictaminis’. 15th century
	211	John Peckham ‘De informatione simplicium… 15th century
	304	Mathaeus Panaretes ‘Quaestor C, politanus’ 15th century
	391	John Travers Collectanea Philosophica. Circa 1610
37	402	Kalendarium vetus. 14th century
	40 4	Logica ad mentem Aristotelis et D. Thomae. 1615
	417	Richard Grosvenor ‘Mensa Philosophica’ 17th century
	427	Guido de Columna ‘Historia Belli Trojani… 15th century
	435	Narratiunculae Variae… 14th century
	436	Aristotelis Liber de Secretis Secretorum… 14th – 15th centuries
	437	Peter Pippardus ‘Pontanensis… 17th century
38	453	George Berkeley Introduction to his Principles of Human Knowledge
	532	Miscellaneous Tracts. 17th century
	683	Thoughts on Sundry Subjects, collected by C. Williamson. 17th century
	693	Annotationes ex Magiro et Aristotele. 17th century
	848	Francis Thynne, His application of certain Histories concerning Embassadors and their functions. 17th century
39	883	Natural History of Ireland, 2 volumes. 18th century
	884A	Journey to Connaught. 1709
	885	Journey to Kerry. 1709
	886	Account of the town of Galway… 18th century
	887	Dr. Pocockes Tour. 1752
40	888	Dr. Molyneux’ Papers ‘Natural History of Ireland’
	889	Dr. Molyneux’ Papers
41	890	Dr. Molyneux ‘Case of Ireland’
	891	Notes on an English Tour 1780
	893	Memoires conc. plusieurs provinces, villes etc. de la France. Volumes 1 – 2. Circa 1700
42	893	Memoires conc. plusieurs provinces, villes etc. de la France. Volumes 3 – 8. Circa 1700
43	893	Memoires conc. plusieurs provinces, villes etc. de la France. Volumes 9 – 11. Circa 1700
44	893	Memoires conc. plusieurs provinces, villes etc. de la France. Volumes 12 – 17. Circa 1700
45	893	Memoires conc. plusieurs provinces, villes etc. de la France. Volumes 18 – 22. Circa 1700
46	893	Memoires conc. plusieurs provinces, villes etc. de la France. Volumes 23 – 27. Circa 1700
47	893	Memoires conc. plusieurs provinces, villes etc. de la France. Volumes 28 – 32. Circa 1700
48	937	George Stiernhielm Vocabula veteris linguae Gallicae…
	942	Original Drawings of Places in Ireland and Scotland by Sir W. Smith, 2 volumes. 18th century
	955	A compendium of Geography by the Baron of Couthey Ronsele. 1701
	956	Trecht van de Conincklicke Erffenisse… 1641
49	967	Journal of a Tour of L.W. Dillwyn… 1809
	968	Journal of a Tour of P. Th. Hicks… 1818
	987	Schouburg der Nederlandsche… coins of the Iow Countries. Volume 1. 15th – 18th centuries
50	987	Schouburg der Nederlandsche… coins of the Iow Countries. Volume 2. 15th – 18th centuries
	988	Figures and Descriptions of coins and Medals. Volume 1. 17th century
51	988	Figures and Descriptions of coins and Medals. Volumes 2 – 8. 17th century
52	988	Figures and Descriptions of coins and Medals. Volumes 9 – 13. 17th century
53	988	Figures and Descriptions of coins and Medals. Volumes 14 – 15. 17th century
	1144	Arngrimis Jonae, Gronlandiae aliqualis Geographia
	1197	Of the Nature and Extent of Human Understanding. 1728
	1308	The Dialogue of the Two Sages…
54	1315	Medical and Miscellaneous
	1317	Glossaries and Miscellanea
	1337	Miscellanea
55	1338	Transcripts of the Glossaries. 1842
	1367	Miscellaneous. 1701
	1368	Miscellaneous. Circa 1700
	1370	Irish Grammar and Prosody. 1704
	1371	Irish Grammar etc. 1730
	1392	Edward Lhuyd’s Papers. 11 volumes
56	1396	Peter O’Connell’s Irish-English Dictionary. Volume 1. 19th century
57	1396	Peter O’Connell’s Irish-English Dictionary. Volume 2. 19th century
58	1398	Dr. John O’Donovan’s Papers (72 items). 19th century
	1448	An estimate of the Manner and Principles of the Times. 18th century
	1450	Rules and Orders for his Majesty’s Court of Common Bench in Ireland. 17th century
	1461	Portfolios of Letters to Joseph Cooper Walker. Volumes 1 – 2
59	1461	Portfolios of Letters to Joseph Cooper Walker. Volumes 3 – 5
60	1461	Portfolios of Letters to Joseph Cooper Walker. Volumes 6 – 7
	1472	Papers of Luke Cullen… 1798
	1488	Observations on the taxes paid by the Irish to support the government. 18th century
61	1686	Explanation of the Peruvian Quipoes, 3 volumes. 19th century
	1695	Extracts on the number Seven in Irish books
	1696	Detached notes on the number Seven
	1703	The Origin, Progress and Completion of the Grattan Statue… 19th century

Section III: Waldensian & Icelandic Manuscripts

The Waldenses are a Christian community of austere morality-centred in the French Alps, followers of Peter Waldo, a twelfth century preacher devoted to the simplicity of the Gospel. The Waldensian Manuscripts at Trinity are extremely rare and contain one manuscript of Cathar origin. They date from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century and include many poems, sermons and tracts such as Ms 258 The Waldensian Bible. There are also several documents dealing with examination and sentencing of the Waldensian Heretics, including Ms 266 Processus Contra Waldenses.

The Icelandic Collection, the larger of the two, was selected chiefly with reference to the history of relations between the Northern Nations and Great Britain and Ireland, and is consequently rich in sagas and histories chronicling expeditions, battles and invasions from the North, including those by the sons of Nials and Egillus. However, the manuscripts are widely varied, ranging from versions of the histories of King Arthur and Henry II to a Natural History, illustrated by drawings of fabulous beasts. Other documents in this fascinating collection include Ms 1013 Annals Of The Monasteries Of Iceland; Ms 1025 Islandske Lov – a book of the laws of Iceland and Ms 998 Stiorn – A History from the beginning of the World to the destruction of Jerusalem.

The list that follows is based on the descriptions of the manuscripts in T.K. Abbott’s “Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin”.

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Waldensian Manuscripts 15th – 17th Centuries

Contents

Reel	Ms	Incipit
1	258	Waldensian Bible
	259	Papers relating to the Waldenses
	260	Waldensian Prose Tracts
	261	Waldensian Poems and Tracts
	262	Waldensian Tracts
	263 & 264	Waldensian Prose Tracts
2	265	Waldensian Documents, Diocese of Ambrun
	266	Processus Contra Waldenses
	267	Waldensian Tracts
	269	Tractatus Contra Peccata varia…

Icelandic Manuscripts

Contents

Reel	Ms	Incipit
3	989	Catalogue of the Library of Arnas Magnas
	990	Grammatica Islandica
	991	Orkneyinga Thaettir
	992	Eystein’s Lilium and six other Tracts
	993	Ragnar Lodbroks Saga
	994	Sagas of Ketils, Grims, Orvar
	995	Arons Hiorleifs Sonar Saga
4	996	Eyrbiggia Saga
	997	Stur Linga Saga (2 volumes)
5	998	Stiorn
	999	Biorns a Skordsaa Annales Islandici
6	1000	Miramars Saga
	1001	Vatnsdaela Saga
	1002	Nials Saga
	1003	The Edda
7	1004	Historia Britannorum
	1005	Sagas of Kela and of Finnboga Rama
	1006	Faereya Thaettur and four other Tracts
	1007	Sagas of Floamanna and Hoensa Thoris
	1008	Laxdaela Saga
	1009	Laxdaela Saga (1749) and Historical Poems
	1010	Miscellanea Medica
	1011	‘Jons Bogen’
	1012	List of Minerals, Plants with medicinal uses
8	1013	Abbota Priora og Abbadissa Annall
	1014	The Edda Sacmundi
	1015	Arthur Sage. History of King Arthur
	1016	A Collection of Tracts
9	1017	A Natural History
	1018	Sagann af Gunnan Kieldognupsfifli
	1019	Iarn Sida and two other Tracts
	1020	Sagann af Wilialme Siod
	1021	‘Bretonum res gestae’
10	1022	A History of Henry II and Thomas Becket
11	1023	Log Bok Islendinga hueria…
	1024	Log Book Islendinga (later copy)
	1025	‘Islandske Lov’
	1026	Gandreia seu Novum…
	1027	A collection of Ancient Poems
12	1028	Saga Ions Hola Biskups
	1029	Treaties on Logic and Rhetoric
	1030	Five Sagas (1746 – 1750)
	1031	Three Sagas (1749 – 1750)
	1032	A Book of Medical Receipts
	1033	Proceedings of the Oxaraar Thing (July 1717)
	1034	Book of Medical Receipts
	1035	Medical Notes
	1036	Digda Speigell
	1037	Notes on St. Matthew’s Gospel

Section IV: Literature

The first six reels of the Literature section of the Trinity College Dublin manuscripts consist entirely of Catalogues. The earliest is the Catalogue of the Library of Trinity College Dublin, 1604 (Ms 1) and there are some twenty further Catalogues including a Catalogue of Greek Authors (Ms 361), a Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts (Ms 1422) and the Catalogus Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Monasterii S. Augustini (Ms 360).

The remaining reels contains various French and English poems such as The Virgin Mary’s Tale (Ms 160), Thomas Jordan’s Sacred Poems (Ms 433), Old French Poems (Mss 209 and 374) and Histoire de La Creation (Ms 253). There are also treatises on grammar and rhetoric and Greek and Latin Classics. Ms 217 includes Notes on Hebrew Grammar whilst Mss 626 and 627 are translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey respectively. Ms 686 is a set of Notes on Classical Authors and Ms 629 is Materials For an Edition of Paradise Lost, including a complete verbal index.

23 reels
Reference: TCH

Contents

Reel	Ms	Description
1	1	Catalogue of the Library of Trinity College. 1604
	2	Catalogue of the Library of Trinity College. 1610
	3	Catalogue Bibliothecae Usserianae
	4	Local Catalogue of Ussher Library
2	5	Catalogue of the Library of Trinity College. 1664
	6	Catalogue of Ussher Library as given to Trinity College in 1666
	7	Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College. Alphabetical and Local
3	8	Catalogus Bibliothecae Bathianae
	9	Catalogus Bibliothecae dictae ‘The New Library’, Trinity College
	10	Catalogus Bibliothecae Willoughbyanae
	11	Catalogue of Gilbert’s Books, bequeathed to Trinity College, with values
4	12	Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Edward Worth
	359	Catalogus librorum Domus Eborac. ordinis Heremitarum S. Augustini
	360	Catalogus Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Monasterii  S. Augustini, Cantuar
	361	Catalogue of Greek Authors Formerly in the Baroccian, now in the Bodleian Library
	1422	Catalogue of the Irish Manuscripts belonging to Edward O’Reilly (incomplete transcript). Original is in the Royal Irish Academy
5	1490	Catalogue of some library unknown (probably Archbishop King’s)
	1491	Catalogue of Books under the heading ‘Anglia’
	1707	Catalogus Bibliothecae Fagelianae, ordine alphabetico dispositus, labore et autographo Johannis Barrett, S.T.P.
	1708	Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Biblioteca Collegii SS. Trin juxta Dublin. Curante Henrico J. Monck Mason, LL.D. Start of volume 1
6	1708	Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum. End of volume 1, start of volume 4
7	1708	Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum. End of volume 4 and volume 5
	160	Poem in English: The Virgin Mary’s Tale
8	209	Old French Poems, etc. 1. Le Livre dul Sage Astronomer et Philosophe Sydrac, seu Fontayne de totes Sciences 2. Poems on God, Sin, Judgement etc.
	212	William de Langland. Vision of Piers Plowman (Text ‘C’)
	213	William de Langland. Vision of Piers Plowman (Text ‘A’)
	214	John Gower. Vox Clamantis in Deserto
	217	Elias Levita. Massoreth Hammasoreth. Latine versa a Guil. Daniel Rhythmus de litteris Alphabeti; De Accentibus, et liber Tisbi Notes on Hebrew Grammar (anon)
	252	Livre de l’Arbre des Batailles (A.D. 1466). Vision de Adam Fulbert
	253	Histoire de la Creation et du Monde primitif…de Joachim, de La Vierge et de Jesus Christ (in verse)
9	374	Old French poems. History of the Life of Jesus Christ. With other Sacred Poems and Prophesies in French
	429	Phalaridis Epistolae, Latine
	431	Carmina de variis rebus. Excerpta ex Poetis veteribus, praecipue ex Palingenesio
	433	Thomas Jordan. Sacred Poems digested into Epigrams
	438	John Manyngham: Collectanea
	523	Poeme en louange de Meleager et d’autres Héros, traditional du Latin en romanz Family Arms
	602	William of Malmesbury (Somerset): De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum Sallustii in M.T. Ciceronem Oratio Excerpta ex Suetunio et Josepho, ex Aulo Gellio aliisque Q. Curtii Historia Alexandri
	603	L. An. Senecae Epistiolae Geoffrey of Monmouth: Epistola Dedicatora Historia Obsidionis Hierosolymae sub duce Godofredo Petri Blesensis Epistolae et Responsiones Variae
	625	Letters of Pliny the Younger. Translated by Lord Orrery, volume 1
10	625	Letters of Pliny the Younger. Translated by Lord Orrery, volume 2
	626	Homer’s Iliad. Translated by Edward Maurice, Bishop of Ossory, 2 volumes. 1744
11	627	Homer’s Odyssey. Translated by Edward Maurice, 3 volumes
	628	The Flatterer: A Comedy
	629	Materials for an edition of Paradise Lost. By Dr. Edward Hill. Includes a complete verbal index and a criticism of the French Translators, volume 1
12	629	Materials for an edition of Paradise Lost. By Dr. Edward Hill. Includes a complete verbal index and a criticism of the French Translators, volumes 2 – 5
	630	Christeis or the History of Our Saviour: a Poem by Walter Stonehouse. Circa 1631
	686	Notes on Classical and other Authors
13	689	Poema de Aetatibus Mundi
	690	English Poems with College ‘Tripods’, Sermons etc.
	691	Excerpta ex Burgersdicio, Eustachio et Alphonso Totelano a Fran. Parker. 1644
	701	Commonplace book from Greek and Latin Authors
	702	Commentaria in Virgilii opera, ex Donato, servio Aliisque
14	720	Sir Francis Moore, Readings and Reports
15	875	Hobbes’ Behemoth
	878	The Temple of Chastity and Sanctuary of virginity (a treatise in prose)
16	878	The Temple of Chastity and Sanctuary of virginity (a treatise in prose)
	879	The whimsical Medley
17	880	Grainger’s ‘Sugar Cane’
	881	Loyalty Proved; or David, a Sacred Tragedy
	882	Loyalty Proved; or David, a Sacred Tragedy (another copy)
	912	Petrarcae Epistolae ex cod. Medic. 1775
19	912	Petrarcae Epistolae ex cod. Medic. 1775
	913	Vite d’uomini singulari composte da Vespasiano
	914	Bandini, Ang. Mar. De Ortu et progressu Artis Typographicae per Etruriam, et Annales typographici Florentini. 1471 – 1530
	922	Homerii Illias, Graece, cum scholiis
	923	Platonis Phaedrus, Gorgias, Apologia Socr., Crito, Phaedo Epistolae. Latine
	928	L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae
20	928	L. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae
	930	Drankenborch (Arnoldus). Dictata in Ovidii Heroidum Epistolas
21	930	Drankenborch (Arnoldus). Dictata in Ovidii Heroidum Epistolas
	931	Burmann (Petrus, secundus). Dictata in Ovidii Heroidum Epistoias
	957	Philostrato (by Boccacio)
	969	Louis XVI: a play by Adair Welcker
	970	Macariae Excidium by Charles O’Kelly
	1050	Letters etc. of Dean Swift
	1117	Index Graecitatis to the works of Flavius Josephus
22	1117	Index Graecitatis to the works of Flavius Josephus
	1118	Index Graecitatis to the works of Flavius Josephus (an earlier draft)
	1161	Short biographical and bibliographical notices of Italian writers of the 16th century connected with the reformation (Latin)
	1163	Miscellaneous papers including Hebrew and Latin poetry
23	1164	The Case of Caius Hostilius Mancinus, collected from Florus Livy, Cicero, Plutarch and others
	1186	Biographical and Critical Memoirs of Dean Swift by T.M. Mason