II. A Description of a Mitre and Crosier, part of the ancient Pontificalia of the See of Limerick. By the Rev. John Milner, D.D. F.A.S. in a Letter to Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. Secretary

John Milner

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II. A Description of a Mitre and Crosier, part of the ancient Pontificalia of the See of Limerick. By the Rev. John Milner, D.D. F.A.S. in a Letter to Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. Secretary

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In a tour, which I made last autumn through part of the west of Ireland, I met with certain articles of antiquity, in the possession of a friend of mine at Limerick, which, I am of opinion, the Society will think curious. I shall therefore proceed here to give an account of them. They consist of the most important part of the ancient Pontificalia of the See of Limerick; namely, of the best or precious Mitre, and of what, no doubt, was the best crosier belonging to it; being each of them exquisitely rich and beautiful; as likewise, of the Episcopal Register, from the middle of the twelfth, down to the middle of the fifteenth, century. All these articles are in high preservation.

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Information: Archaeologia , Volume 17 , 1814 , pp. 30 - 39

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Copyright: Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1814

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^{page 30 note a} The Cæremoniale Episcoporum directs that every Bishop shall have three mitres; of which; “Una pretiosa dicitur, quia gemmis & lapidibus pretiosis, vel laminis aureis vel “argenteis contexta esse solet; altera auriphrygiata, sine gemmis, & sine laminis aureis vel argenteis; sed vel aliquibus parvis margaritis composila, vel ex serico albo intermixto, vel “ex telâ aureâ simplici, sine laminis vel margaritis; tertia quæ simplex vocatur, sine auro ex “simplici serico Damasceno, vel alio, aut etiam linea., ex telâ albâ confecta, rubeis laciniis, “seu frangiis & vittis pendentibus.” Cæremon. Lib. I. c. 17.

^{page 32 note b} Hugo de Sancto Victore, Scriptor 12ⁱ Sec. In Speculo Eccles.

^{page 32 note c} I herewith present the Society with pencilled sketches of the Mitre and Crosier, drawn by my friend and fellow traveller, Thomas Weld, Esq. of Lulworth Castle, Dorsetshire.

^{page 33 note d} See Walter Harris's translation of Ware's Antiquities, in folio,, p. 133.

^{page 33 note e} Πέταλον Euseb. Hist. Eccles. L. V. c. 24. We learn from Origen,, Hom. IX. in Exod. that this was the Greek name of the golden plate worn on the forehead by the Jewish High Priest.

^{page 34 note f} Hæres. 78.

^{page 34 note g} Τόν ὀυράνιον της δόξης στέɸανον. Hist. Ecc. L. X. c. 4.

^{page 34 note h} Orat. V.

^{page 34 note i} Lib. 29.

^{page 34 note k} Leo IX. granted it to Eberhard, Archbishop of Triers, and Greg. VII. to Anselm Bishop of Lucca, in this century.

^{page 34 note l} S. Bernardus in Vita S. Malachiæ Archiep. cap. 16.

^{page 34 note m} See an Engraving of it in Vctusta Monum and in The Hist, of Winchester, Vol. II.

^{page 35 note n} Chronica W. Thorn ad An. 1059 Apud Twysden, p. 1785.

^{page 35 note o} Ibid.

^{page 35 note p} Ymagines Historiarum. Aut. Radulfo de Diceto ad An. 1179. Twysden, p. 602.

^{page 35 note q} Annales. Winton. ad An. 1254. Angl. Sac. Vol. I.

^{page 35 note r} Clem. IV. Sexti Decretal. Lib. V. Tit. 7.

^{page 35 note s} Simeon Thessalon, apud Du Cange.

^{page 36 note t} De Offic. Lib. II. c. 5.

^{page 36 note u} Apud Flodoardum.

^{page 36 note x} Jocelia in Vita S. Patric. c. 24.

^{page 36 note y} Topograph. Hiberniæ. Distinctio III. c. 33.

^{page 36 note z} S. Bernard, in Vita Malach.

^{page 36 note a} “Nostris temporibus & nostrorum operâ nobilis thesaurus (baculus Jesu).

“Armachiâ Dubliniam est translatus.” Girald. Dist, III. c. 34.

^{page 36 note b} Ingulphi Hist. p. 896.

^{page 37 note c} Ailred Rieval de Vita, &c. S: Edw. L. II. c. 5.

^{page 37 note d} Hen. Huntingdon. Hisr. L. VI.

^{page 37 note e} “Baculis super eorum capita confractis.” In actis S. Theodardi Narbonensis Episcopi. Sec. 9°.

^{page 37 note f} Greg. Turonen. L. I. de Mir. S. Martini.

^{page 37 note g} “Baculos Sanctorum in superiore parte recurvos, auro et argento vel ære contextos in “magnâ reverentiâ habent,” Girald. ut supra. Vide, etiam Testamentum S. Remigii.

^{page 38 note h} Acta Mediol. Eccl. apud Gavant. Comment in Rub. p. 96. Item. Molanus. Hist. S. Imag. L. IV. c. 29.

^{page 38 note i} Cæremoniale Episc. L. II. c. 8.

^{page 38 note k} Cæremon. Epis. L. I. c. 17.

^{page 38 note l} Rogerii de Hoveden. Annal Pars Poster Hist Winch. Vol. I.

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II. A Description of a Mitre and Crosier, part of the ancient Pontificalia of the See of Limerick. By the Rev. John Milner, D.D. F.A.S. in a Letter to Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. Secretary

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