A bibliographical, antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany . followedby eight leaves of text. Art. 10. Epitaphes et Ar-moires de IEglise Collegiale de St. Malo de Vallongneet des Cordeliers de la mesme ville. Diocese de Cou-tances. By the same pencil; the first subject ratherneatly executed: full of emblazoned arms, severaltombs; latterly, in outline. Art. 11. Chartrier duGrippon ; avec les monuments du Lieu. Some cu-rious and pretty pieces of art, in heraldry ; or rather,one large subject of blazonry. Art. 12; Monumentsof the Churches of Savigny and Cherbourg ; too insig-nifica
A bibliographical, antiquarian and picturesque tour in France and Germany . followedby eight leaves of text. Art. 10. Epitaphes et Ar-moires de IEglise Collegiale de St. Malo de Vallongneet des Cordeliers de la mesme ville. Diocese de Cou-tances. By the same pencil; the first subject ratherneatly executed: full of emblazoned arms, severaltombs; latterly, in outline. Art. 11. Chartrier duGrippon ; avec les monuments du Lieu. Some cu-rious and pretty pieces of art, in heraldry ; or rather,one large subject of blazonry. Art. 12; Monumentsof the Churches of Savigny and Cherbourg ; too insig-nificant for a more ample notice. Art. 13. Chartu-laire de LEglise de Langres : a very elaborate andcarefully executed MS. of thirty-nine leaves, in the Third. Art. 1. Abbaye de article begins with the arms of Robert de Mar-MioN, founder of the abbey. As the splendid poem,hight Marmion, of our celebrated Walter Scott, mayprobably have a few illustrating possessorsâfor the sakeof such, as well as of yourself, I transmit a rough sketchof these ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS. 241 The earliest date of benefactions to the abbey is 1181,by Richard Ude de Goiiij : the latest date, here re-corded, is 1239: which is followed by a list of the abbots,beg-inning thus: Labbaie de Barbery reconnaist pourses legitimes et nobles fondateurs les Seigneurs MiLords De Marmion, pere et fils, qui portoient tousdeux le nom de Robert. Robert de Marmion le pereapres un voeu fait a Dieu de fonder vn monastere delordre du Cisterche donna a ce dissein a IAbbaie deSavigni Lan mil cent quarant huit, estant en An-g-leterre, vne ferme, apelee dans les anciens tiltres^Bwngta, qu il auait a Barberi, mais estant prevenu demort, et naiant pu executer son voeu, il en laissa Iac-complissement a son fils Robert, lequel sen acquitta,autant magnifiquement que piusement vingt et huitans apres, &c. The first abbot was Radulphe, whoappears to have been elected in 1176. This collectionis doubtless ver
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