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.

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1844
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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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    reader is referred to Mabillon’s preface to the third volume of his Acta Sanctorum Ordinis Benedictinh; and to the authorities cited in Du Cange’s Glossary1. It must suffice, however, to quote here the following account of the order in which the Necrologium and Mar- tyrology were used in Chapter, from the Martyrology of the Monas- tery of St. Thomas the Martyr, which is preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin™. “ In capitulo, primo residentibus fratribus, stans lector adpulpitumpronun- tiet kalendam et lunam, et legat martirologium. “ Martirologium sic est legendum, Declmo nono Kalendas ienuarii. Decimo octavo Kalendas. Decimo septimo Kal. et non sicut quidam semicrucli gram- matici garriunt sic dicentes, Septimo [et] decimo Kal. ianuari. Item sic debet legi Sexto decimo Kal. Quinto decimo Kal. Et nunquam interponi hec dictio et, ut sic dicatur, Quinto et decimo Kal. quod esset abusivum. Item Quarto decimo Kal. Tercio decimo Kal. Duodecimo Kal. Undecimo Kal. Decimo Kal. Nono Kal. et cetera usque Pridie Kal. Item, Quarto nonas ianuarii. Tertio nonas. Pridie nonas. Item, Octavo idus et cetera, Pridie idus, luna prima, et cetera. Luna sexta decima. Luna decima septima. Luna decima octava, et cetera. Luna vicesima prima, et cetera usque. Luna tricesima. Rome via apia; natalis sancti N. et cetera. Et aliorum sanctorum plurimorum martirum, confessorum, atque virginum. Hec autem clausula semper addatur in fine lectionis demarty- roloqio. Cum autem dixerit, Et aliorum sanctorum plurimorum, Sfc., surgent fratres et primo incipiente ebdomario sacerdote, Isti atque omnes sancti Dei intercedant pro nobis ad dominum Deum nostrum, ut nos mereamur ab eo ad- iuvari et exaudiri qui in trinitate perfecta vivit et regnat deus per omnia secula seculorum. It. Amen. Sacerdos. Deus in adiutorium meum intende, ter. R. Domine ad adiuvandum me festina, ter. Gloria patri et fi. et S.S. Sicut erat in principio, §-c. Hie inclinabunt fratres et lector similiter, Kiri eleison. Xpe k Observ. xxvi. s. ioo, p. xlviii. See also the letters collected in Mabillon’s Analecta, p. 159, fol. edit. (Paris, 1723), and the observations of the learned editor. 1 Sub vv. Fraternitas; Fratres con- scripti; Monachi ad succurrendum ; Regula. ra Class B, Tab. 3, No. 5, fol. 33, b. See also the account of the proceedings of a monastic chapter quoted from Martene, in the Appendix to this volume.