The book of obits and martyrology of the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin / Edited from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Dublin, by John Clarke Crosthwaite ... With an introduction, by James Henthorn Todd.

Date:
1844
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The book of obits and martyrology of the cathedral church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin / Edited from the original manuscript in the library of Trinity college, Dublin, by John Clarke Crosthwaite ... With an introduction, by James Henthorn Todd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    carte de fundacione illius ecclesie taliter erant confracte et destructe, quod vix poterant legi seu sigilla eorum discerni vel cognosci. Et specialiter una carta Regis Henrici filii Imperatricis* de fundatione dicte ecclesie que [nullo modo] legi poterat. Et tunc ex consilio legis peritorum prior et conventus pro tempore existentes transierunt ad Barones Scaccarii domini Regis terre sue Hibernie, rogantes illos ut carte que poterant legi et discerni in eadem curia rotularentur; et sic ad mandatum baronum irrotulate sunt ille carte A°. regis Edwardi quarti tertio, &c. Eodem tempore, supradictis die et loco, contingebat grande mira- culum. Quia scrinium in quo baculus Jhu cum aliis reliquiis jacebat et custo- diebatur fractum fuit integraliter, et plures reliquie in eo jacentes, ex ruina lapidum prsedicte fsenestre; sed baculus Jhu sine aliqua lsesura sine dampno in- ventus est jacens supra omnes lapides in tarn bono statu sicut et jam est, et omnes alie reliquie fuerunt subtus lapidibus oppresse, quod ab omnibus cir- cumstantibus capiebatur pro miraculo.” Tlie next relic described in tlie catalogue is the Superaltare marmoreum Sancti Patricii “ super quo leprosus a Britania ad Hy- berniam miraculose natando erat translatus.” This Superaltare was evidently a portable altar, or slab of marble, to be laid upon an un- consecrated altar, whenever it was necessary to celebrate in a journey, or when access to a consecrated place could not be obtained7. The miracle * A copy of this charter is preserved, fol. 32, b, of the Black Book. v Du Cange quotes a synod of Exeter in 1287, which enacts: “ Nec Missse nisi in altaribus et superaltaribus consecratis aliqualiter celebrentur.” Diet, in voce. Su- peraltaria are frequently found in the in- ventories of English churches, and were often adorned with gems and gold. See, for example, the inventory of York Mins- ter, Dugdale, tom. iii. p. 174. (Savoy, 167 3). “ Item unum superaltare pretiosum de jaspide, ornatum in circumferentiis cum argento et auro ac lapidibus pretiosis ope- ris subtilis. “ Item unum superaltare de rubeo jas- pide ornata in circumferentiis, cum capro deaurato. “ Item duo superaltaria de rubeo mar- more, ornata cum argento, quorum unum stat super quatuor pedes argenti, et alte- rum sine pedibus, super quern Sanctus Johannes celebravit quando sibi apparuit Spiritus sanctus, ut in sua legenda patet.” Du Cange quotes other instances from the inventory of St. Paul’s, London, and