d division in five parts. Opening the book at
hazard at folio 136a I find no less than six references to the
_Legenda Major_ in the first column. To give an idea of the
style of Bartolommeo of Pisa I shall give in substance the
contents of a page of his book. See, for example, f^o 111a (lib.
i., conform. x., pars. ii., Franciscus predicator). In the third
line he cites Bonaventura: "_Fr. Bonaventura in quarta parte
majoris legende dicit quod b. Franciscus videbatur intuentibus
homo alterius seculi._" Textual citation of Bonaventure, 45.
Three lines further on: "_Verum qualis esset b. F. quoad
personam sic habetur in legenda antiqua ... homo facundissimus,
facie hilaris_, etc." The literal citation of the sketch of
Francis follows as 1 Celano, 83, gives it as far as: "_inter
peccatores quasi unus ex illis_," and to mark the end of the
quotation Bartolommeo adds: "_Hec legenda antiqua_." In the next
column paragraph 4 commences with the words: _B. Francisci
predicationem reddebat mirabilem et gloriosam ipsius sancti
loquutio: etenim legenda trium Sociorum dicit et Legenda major
parte tertia: B. Francisei eloquia erant non inania, neo risu
digna_, etc., which corresponds literally with 3 Soc., 25, and
Bon., 28. Then come two chapters of Bonaventura almost entire,
beginning with: _In duodecima parte legende majoris dicit Fr.
Bonaventura: Erat enim verbum ejus_, etc. Textual quotation of
Bon., 178 and 179. The page ends with another quotation from
Bonaventura: _Sic dicebat prout recitat Bonaventura in octava
parte Legende majoris: Hac officium patri misericordiarum_. Vide
Bonav., 102 end and 103 entire. This suffices without doubt to
show with what precision the authorities have been quoted in
this work, with what attention and confidence ought to be
examined those portions of documents lost or mislaid which he
has here preserved for us.

[47] F^o 31b, 2: _ut dicit fr. Thomas in sua legenda_, cf. 2
Cel., 3, 60.--140a, 2: _Fr. in leg. fr. Thome_, cf. 2 Cel., 3,
60.--140a 1, cf. 2 Cel., 3 16.--142b, 1: _Fr. in leg. Thome
capitulo de charitate_, cf. 2 Cel., 3, 115.--144b, 1: _Fr. in
leg. fr. Thome capitulo de oratione_, cf. 2 Cel., 3, 40.--144b,
1, cf. 2 Cel., 3, 65.--144b, 2, cf. 2 Ce