THE

LIFE OF ST. COLUMBA,

FOUNDER OF HY;

WRITTEN BY ADAMNAN,

NINTH ABBOT OF THAT MONASTERY.

THE TEXT PRINTED FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY; WITH THE VARIOUS READINGS OF
SIX OTHER MANUSCRIPTS PRESERVED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF EUROPE.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

COPIOUS NOTES AND DISSERTATIONS,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE COLUMBIAN INSTITUTIONS IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.