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INTRODUCTION.
The prayers referred to at p. 84, as deemed of special
value by many in the old Church because of the privileges
attached to the saying of them, are all to be found in the
‘Tidebog,’ which Pedersen, who “traistit mekil of siclik
orisons in his aid blindnes,” published at Paris in 1514,
and which is reprinted in vol. ii. of his ‘ Danske Skrifter.’
The ‘ Hortulus Animae ’ and the ‘ Paradisus Animae,’
mentioned at p. 3, are but imperfectly described by Peder¬
sen’s modern editor. The following careful account of
them has been kindly sent me by Mr Graves : The ‘ Hor¬
tulus Animae ’ was printed many times, both in Latin and
in German. The first edition was issued from the press of
Wilhelm Schaffener at Strassburg in 1498, in 8vo. It bore
the title, ‘ Ortulus Anime,’ and was illustrated with wood-
cuts. (See Hain’s ‘Repertorium Bibliographicum,’ 8936,
and Panzer’s ‘ Annalen,’ i. 62, 35.) It is not in the British
Museum, but there are in the Museum two editions printed
at Strassburg two years later, both in 8vo and with wood-
cuts. One ‘Ortulus Anime’ was printed by Schaffener,
with colophon dated 15th March 1500; the other ‘Ortulus
Anime, cum oratiunculis aliquibus super additis, que tame
1 prioribus libris non habentur,’ was printed by Johann
Griininger, 31st January 1500. Both are in Gothic type.
The ‘ Paradisus Animse ’ appears to be the ‘ Orationale
Paradisus Anime nuncupatum,’ printed by Jacobus de
Pfortzheim at Basle in 1498, in folio. (See Hain, 12,028,
and Panzer, i. 185, 231.) There is also ‘ Der seelen Para-
diss,’ printed at Strassburg by Matthias Schiirer in 1510, in
folio. The latter is in the British Museum, but not the
former.
The ‘Passionale Sanctorum’ and the ‘Legenda Sanctorum,’
referred to at p. 4, are too well known to stand in need of