lassberger, ann. 1244; _Analecta_, t. ii., p. 68. Cf.
A. SS., p. 545 ff.

[73] Manuscript in the Library of Turin, J. vi., 33, f^o 95a.

[74] _Plenam virtutibus S. Francisci vitam scripsit in Italia
... frater Thomas ... in Francia vero frater Julianus scientia
et sanctitate conspicuus qui etiam nocturnali sancti officium in
littera et cantu possuit praeter hymnos et aliquas antiphonas
quae summus ipse Pontifex et aliqui de Cardinalibus in sancti
praeconium ediderunt._ Opening of the _De laudibus_ of Bernard of
Besse. See below, p. 413. Laur. MS., f^o 95a. Cf. Giord., 53;
_Conform._, 75b.

[75] In proof of this is the circular letter, _Licet
insufficentiam nostram_, addressed by Bonaventura, April 23,
1257, immediately after his election, to the provincials and
custodes upon the reformation of the Order. Text: _Speculum_,
Morin, tract. iii., f^o 213a.

[76] Salimbeni, ann. 1248, p. 131. The _Chronica tribulationum_
gives a long and dramatic account of these events: _Archiv._, t.
ii., pp. 283 ff. "_Tunc enim sapientia et sanctitas fratris
Bonaventurae eclipsata paluit et obscurata est et ejus manswetudo
(sic) ab agitante spiritu in furorum et iram defecit._" Ib., p.
283.

[77] Bon., 3. 1. At the same chapter were collected the
constitutions of the Order according to edicts of the preceding
chapters; new ones were added to them and all were arranged. In
the first of the twelve rubrics the chapter prescribed that,
upon the publication of the account, all the old constitutions
should be destroyed. The text was published in the _Firmamentum
trium ordinum_, f^o 7b, and restored lately by Father Ehrle:
_Archiv._, t. vi. (1891), in his beautiful work _Die aeltesten
Redactionen der General-constitutionen des Franziskanerordens_.
Cf. _Speculum_ Morin, fo. 195b of tract. iii.

[78] The _Legenda Minor_ of Bonaventura was also approved at
this time; it is simply an abridgment of the _Legenda Major_
arranged for use of the choir on the festival of St. Francis and
its octave.

[79] "_Item praecipit Generale capitulum per obedientiam quod
omnes legenae de B. Francisco olim factae deleantur et ubi
inveniri poterant extra ordinem ipsas fratres studeant amovere,
cum illa legenda quae facta est pe