Colman Ó Clabaigh. For the Love of God and Neighbour: the lifestyle of the Canons of St Thomas’s Abbey

For the Love of God &

Neighbour:

The Lifestyle of the

Canons of St Thomas’s

Abbey

The Abbey of St Thomas the

Martyr Conference

Dublin, 14 October, 2017

Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB

Glenstal Abbey

Illust. ‘A Regular Canon of St Victor’,

from Mervyn Archdall, Monasticon Hibernicum

(Dublin, 1786)

1. Abbey of St Victor Paris (1655)

2. Hugh of St Victor (c. 1096–

1141)

Leiden, Bibliotek der Rijksuniversiteit, MS Vucanius

45, f. 130

Trinity College Dublin, MS

250

St Thomas’s Abbey, Dublin

late 13th–14th Cent.

1. Liturgical Calendar,

July/August

2. Obituary notice for

John Raynolds

(16th cent.)

TCD MS 250, f.4r

Roger Bacon OFM, Doctrina

TabularumTCD MS 250 f. 5

Alexander of Villedieu OFM

Massa CompotiTCD MS 250 f. 7

Brief monastic regulations &

daily prayers

TCD MS 250, f. 7

Preface to the Martyrology

TCD MS 250 f. 34 r

Martyrology of Usuard

TCD MS 250 f. 36v

Hugh of St Victor (? d. 1141)

Exposition of the Rule of St

AugustineTCD MS 250, f. 73 v

Richard of St Victor (d. 1173)

TCD MS 250, f. 95

Liber Ordinis Sti Victoris– The

Customary of St Victor

Chapter headingsTCD MS 250, f. 102r

Beginning of Customary

TCD MS 250, f. 103r

Monastic sign language

‘For the sign of bread, make a

circle with both thumbs and the

two next fingers –

Pro signo panis, fac circulum cum

utroque pollice et hiis duobus

digitis qui sequuntur’

TCD MS 250, f. 121 r

Miscellaneous monastic

regulationsTCD MS 250, 147v

On the proper manner of

celebrating MassTCD MS 250, f. 150v

Gospel and Epistle readings for

Mass throughout the Liturgical

Year

TCD MS 250, f. 153r

The Rule of St Benedict

TCD MS 250 f. 166

Marginal commentary

TCD MS 250, f. 167

The Rule of the Friars Minor

St Francis of Assisi (1224)

TCD MS 250 f. 178

Quo elongati (1230)

Gregory IX TCD MS 250 f. 179v

Exiit qui seminat (1279)

Nicholas IIITCD MS 250 f. 181

The Dublin Anchorite’s Rule

TCD MS 250, f. 187

Letter to an Anchorite

TCD MS 250, f. 189

Hugh of St Victor

On the Instruction of Novices

TCD MS 250, f. 219

Pseudo-Gregory

Against False Religious

TCD MS 250 f. 227v

Cornelius Drusart, Two Monks

Fighting (1690)

Benedict XII,

Constitution on the Recalling of

Apostates (1335)

TCD MS 250, f. 239

Lothar of Segni– Innocent III (d.

1216)

On the Misery of the Human

Condition

TCD MS 250, f. 241

Facetus

TCD MS 250, f. 253

Daniel of Beccles

Urbanus Magnus–The Book of

the Civilized ManTCD MS 250, f. 254

St Bernard of Clairvaux preaching in ChapterJean Fouquet (d. 1480)

Chapter House, St Mary’s Abbey, Dublin (Cistercian)Image courtesy of Dr Rachel Moss

Stress marks

TCD MS 250 f. 36v