[Collection of lives of British Catholic saints].

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16832598

Description

Title
[Collection of lives of British Catholic saints].
Contributor
David, Saint, active 6th century
Farrar, William
Leigh, Philip
Morgan, Edward, d. 1642
Rhygyfarch, 956-1099
Robert of Shrewsbury, d. 1167
Wilson, John, approximately 1575-approximately 1645?--English martyrologe
Winifred, Saint
Published / Created
[1620s]
Abstract

A selection of extracts from John Wilson's English Martyrologe (1608) concludes with "Certayne Additions in the late Englishe Martyrs, which came to the Authors knowledge after the printing of the former catalogue."

Manuscript on paper in good secretary hand containing saints' lives and related material, including a saints' days calendar and several prayers and hymns in Welsh. Opening with a selection of Welsh lives headed "Buchedh y Seintiau", the volume includes "Vita St. Dewi, archiepiscopi, authore Ricemarcho" (Rhygyfarch); "Vita St. Albani ex lingua Anglica in Latinam translata, per Gulielmum Albanensem Monachum, qui claruit Anno 1170"; and several other lives in Latin and English.

The most extensive text in the volume is a lengthy English translation of Robert of Shrewsbury's life of St. Winifred, attributed to "Mr. Edward Morgan of Bechfield, a supposed catholique Prieste", who may well have been the Rev. Edward Morgan executed at Tyburn in 1642.

Description
"P: Legh" written on blank verso preceding the "Table."
"Vita St. Dewi" colophon identifies the scribe as "Gulielmus Farrarus pbr."
Binding: Contemporary decorated calf, spine full-gilt, remains of label on spine.
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Extent
1 v. (ca. 260 p., with blanks) ; 29 x 19 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English
Latin
Welsh

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Osborn fb229

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Manuscripts
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name)
David, Saint, active 6th century
Farrar, William
Leigh, Philip
Morgan, Edward, d. 1642
Rhygyfarch, 956-1099
Robert of Shrewsbury, d. 1167
Wilson, John, approximately 1575-approximately 1645?--English martyrologe
Winifred, Saint
Subject (Topic)
Catholics--England
Catholics--Wales
Christian saints--Biography

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Citation
Collection of Lives of British Catholic Saints. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
7041801
Object ID (OID)
16832598

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