of
these documents and to establish their relationship with the
Speculum and the Conformities. Vide _Conform._, 231a, 1; 121b;
_Spec._, 92-96.

[33] Ginepro was received into the Order by St. Francis. In 1253
he was present at St. Clara's death. A. SS., _Aug._, t. ii., p.
764d. The Conformities speak of him in detail, f^o 62b.

[34] The first seven chapters form a whole. The three which
follow are doubtless a first attempt at completing them.

[35] Conformities, f^o 55b, 1-60a, 1.

[36] See _Archiv._, t. i., p. 145, an article of Father Denifle:
_Zur Quellenkunde der Franziskaner Geschichte_, where he
mentions at least eight manuscripts of this work. Cf. Ehrle:
_Zeitschrift_, 1883, p. 324, note 3. I have studied only the two
manuscripts of Florence: Riccardi, 279, paper, 243 fos. of two
cols. recently numbered. The Codex of the Laurentian Gaddian.
rel., 53, is less careful. It is also on paper, 20 x 27, and
counts 254 fos. of 1 column. F^o 1 was formerly numbered 88. The
order of the chapters is not the same as in the preceding.

[37] The citations are always made from the edition of Milan,
1510, 4to of 256 folios of two columns. The best known of the
subsequent editions are those of Milan, 1513, and Bologna, 1590.

[38] He began it in 1385 (f^o 1), and it was authorized by the
chapter general August 2, 1399 (f^o 256a, 1). Besides, on f^o
150a, 1, he set down the date when he was writing. It was in
1390.

[39] I am not here concerned with the foolish attacks of certain
Protestant authors upon this life. That is a quarrel of the
theologians which in no way concerns history. Nowhere does
Bartolommeo of Pisa make St. Francis the equal of Jesus, and he
was able even to forestall criticism in this respect. The
Bollandists are equally severe: "_Cum Pisanus fuerit scriptor
magis pius et credulus quam crisi severa usus_...." A. SS., p.
551e.

[40] He has avoided the mistakes so unfortunately committed by
Wadding in his list of ministers general. Vide 66a. 2, 104a, 1,
118b, 2. He was lecturer on theology at Bologna, Padua, Pisa,
Sienna, and Florence. He preached for many years and with great
success in the principal villages of the Peninsula and could
thus take advantage of his travels by