ninth century, contains
between three and four thousand such names, but nothing else.

Coming down to the tenth century, we meet with three valuable
documents, all of which are connected with Durham, generally known
as the Durham Ritual and the Northumbrian Gospels.

The Durham Ritual was edited for the Surtees Society in 1840 by the
Rev. J. Stevenson. The MS. is in the Cathedral library at Durham, and
contains three distinct Latin service-books, with Northumbrian glosses
in various later hands, besides a number of unglossed Latin additions.
A small portion of the MS. has been misplaced by the binder; the Latin
prose on pp. 138-145 should follow that on p. 162. Mr Stevenson's
edition exhibits a rather large number of misreadings, most of which
(I fear not quite all) are noted in my "Collation of the Durham Ritual"
printed in the _Philological Society's Transactions_, 1877-9, Appendix
II. I give, by way of specimen, a curious passage (at p. 192), which
tells us all about the eight pounds of material that went to make up
the body of Adam.

aehto pundo of th{ae}m aworden is Adam pund lames of thon
Octo pondera de quibus factus est Adam. Pondus limi, inde

aworden is fl{ae}sc pund fyres of thon read is blod
factus est caro; pondus ignis, inde rubeus est sanguis

and hat
et calidus;

pund saltes of thon sindon salto tehero pund deawes of thon
pondus salis, inde sunt salsae lacrimae; pondus roris, unde

aworden is swat pund blostmes of thon is fagung egena
factus est sudor; pondus floris, inde est uarietas oculorum;

pund wolcnes of thon is unstydfullnisse _vel_ unstatholf{ae}stnisse
pondus nubis, inde est instabilitas

thohta
mentium;

pund windes of thon is oroth cald pund gefe of thon is
pondus uenti, inde est anhela frigida: pondus gratiae, id est

thoht monnes
sensus hominis.

We thus learn that Adam's flesh was made of a pound of loam; his
red and hot blood, of fire; his salt tears, of salt; his sweat, of
dew; the colour of his eyes, of flowers; the instability of his
thoughts, of cloud; his cold breath, of wind; and his intelligence, of
grace.

The Northumbrian glosses on the four Gospels are contained in two
MSS., both of remarkable interest and value. The former of these,
sometimes known as the Lindisfarne MS., and sometimes as the Durham
Book, is now MS. Cotton, Nero D. 4 in the Briti