Salisbury, Cathedral Library, Ms. 221 The Saint Patrick's Confessio Hypertext Stack Project Franz Fischer Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources Salisbury Cathedral Library 221 Oxford Bodeleian Library Mss. Fell Fell 4 Oxford Bodeleian Library 8689 S.C. [Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts] 2939 G editio Bieler F4 editio White Salisbury, Cathedral Library, MS 221 c. 1050-1150 Salisbury

Vitae Sanctorum fol. IIv Table of content (<date>13th century</date>) fol. IIIr-IVr Table of content in the Hand of bishop Barlow, about 1655 [...] foll. 158r-164r St Patrick's Confessio fol. 164r-166r St Patrick's Epistola [...]

Parchment, iv + 270 foll. 14 5/8 x 10 1/2 in; 36 lines; quires numbered; written in minuscule; English script.

Written most probably in England (Salisbury).According to Miss B. Smalley, in a letter of August 15, 1941.

Was still in Salisbury Cathedral in the middle of the 17th century (Ker, p. 97) but consequently passed over to the Bodeleian Library. Note from Dr. B. C. Barker-Benfield (Senior Assistant Librarian, Bodleian Library) of 3 March 2009: "... I must point out is that the Bodleian does not own the three-volume 12th-century set of Saints' Lives formerly shelfmarked MSS. Fell 3, 1 and 4. In 1985 all three volumes were returned permanently to Salisbury Cathedral Library, where they are shelfmarked MSS. 221, 222 and 223 respectively." For the circumstances surrounding this transfer, see Vaisey.

Facsimiles available: 158r - 164r

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