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connexion between the chronicle to which the name of Henry of Rebdorf has been attached and the foun- dation of the Augustinian canons at Rebdorf, near Eichstiitt, Bavaria, lay in the fact that the first editor of the said chronicle published it from a manuscript preserved there, and now in the Bibliotheque Nation- ale at Paris, while other manuscripts, displaying no essential points of dilterence, are known to exist in the monastery of Neuburg and in the Hof-bibliothek at Vienna. Its title is: "Chronica", or " Annales rerum ab imperatoribus Adolpho, Alberto, Friderico, Ludo- vico Bavarico et Carolo IV. gestarum", or again " Annales imperatorum et paparum". It is a chrono- logical treatise extending from 1294 to 1362, and con- sists of two parts. The first part is a sequel to what is called the " FloresTemporum", a well-known chroni- cle of the world's history compiled by a Swabian Franciscan, and reaches to the year 1343; it was probably compiled by an unknown writer about 1346 or 1347. The second part is a history of the twenty years from 1343 to 1363. Its author was the maqixter Heinrich Taub, or Heinrich der Taube (Heinrich th^ Deaf), or Henricus Surdus of Selbach, who officiated as chaplain at St. Willibald's in Eichstiitt and died about 1.364. Practically nothing has been learned of his life. We only know that he journeyed to Rome in 1350, for the purpose of gaining the jubilee indul- gence, and that in 1361 he admired at Nuremberg the crown jewels then exhibited in honour of the christening of the new-born imperial prince, Wences- laus. Various conjectures have been made as to the personality of the author, but nothing certain has been established. The chronicle itself, particularly in its second part, has some importance, and was first edited by Freher in " Rerum Germanicarum Scrip- tores", I, 411-52 (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1600); 2nd ed., 1634; again by Gewold (Ingolstadt, 1618); later by Struve (Strasburg, 1717), and finally by Biihmer-Huber in "Pontes rerum Germanicarum", IV (1868), 507-68. It was translated into German under the title: "Annales Imperatorum et Paparum Eistet tenses", by Dieringer (Eichstatt, 1883); also by Grandaur in the " Geschichtschreiber der deut- schen Vorzeit" (Leipzig, 1883).

ScHULTE, Die Bogenannte Chronik des Heinrich von Rebdorf. Ein Beitrag zur Qucllenkunde des 14- Jahrkunderts (Miinster, 1879).

Patricius Schlager.

Henry of Segusio, Blessed, usually called Hos- TiENSis, an Italian canonist of the thirteenth century, b. at Susa (in the ancient Diocese of Turin); d. at Lyons, 25 October, 1271. He gave himself up to the study of Roman law and canon law at Bologna, where he seems to have taught, and to have taken his degree "utriusque juris". He taught canon law at Paris, and spent some time in England, whence King Henry III sent him on a mission to Innocent IV. Later he became Provost of Antibes, and chaplain to the pope and was soon promoted to the See of Sisteron (1244), after- wards to the Archdiocese of Embrun (12.50). He became Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri, 4 De- cember. 1201. whence his name Hostiensis. His health forced him to leave the conclave which, aft«r the Holy See had been vacant for three years, elected Gregory X (1271-1276). As a canonist Hostiensis had a great reputation. His works are: "Lectura in Decretales Gregorii IX" (Strasburg, 1512; Paris, 1512), a work begun at Paris but continued during his whole life; "Summa super titulis Decretalium" (Strasburg, 1512; Cologne, 1612; Venice, 1605), also known as "Summa archiepiscopi " or "Sununa aurea", written while he was Archbishop of Embrun, a useful work on Roman and canon law, which won for its author the title " Monarcha juris, lumen lucidissi- mum Decretorum". One portion of this work, the "Summa, sive tractatus de poenitentia et remissioni-

bus ' ' was very popular. It was written between 1250 and 1261. He was also the author of a "Lectura in Decretales Innocentii IV", never edited. A work on feudal law has also been attributed to him, but with- out foundation.

\'oN ScHEHER in Kirchenlex, s. v. Heinrich de Seguftio: ScHVLTE, Geschichte der Quellen und LiUeratur des cananischen Rtchls (Stuttgart, 1875-SO), II, 123-129.

A. Van Hove.

Henryson, Robert, Scottish poet, b. probably 1420-1430; d. about 1500. His birthplace, parentage, place of education are unknown, but it is conjectured that he may have been at some foreign university, Paris or Louvain. Little, also, is known of his later life. The earliest extant edition of his "Fables" (1570) described him on its title-page as "Scholemais- ter of Dunfermeling". It is probable that he was a master at the Benedictine school of the Abbey of Dun- fermline, was in minor orders, and a notary public of that town. In 1462 he seems to have teen admitted as a member of the newly-foimded L'niversity of Glasgow. The order or the date of composition of his poems is not known. As a poet he belongs to the group of Northern or Scottish Chaucerians, who, at a time when poetry in England was at a very low ebb, were practising the art of verse in a way worthy of the followers of Chaucer. Amongst these poets Henryson stands out as especially original — perhaps the most truly Chaucerian of them all. His work shows much variety and consists of two rather long poems, the "Testament of Cresseid", and "Orpheus and Eurj'- dice"; of a collection of "Morall Fabillis of Esope", with a prologue attached ; and of a number of miscel- laneous shorter poems, of which the pastoral dialogue of "Robene and Makyne" is the best known. All these poems are remarkable, and sometimes of high poetic power. The "Testament of Cresseid", in the well-known rhyme-royal seven line stanza, is a not unworthy tragic sequel to Chaucer's "Troylus". The thirteen pa.storal "Fables", also in rhyme-royal, are told with great freshness, humour, and directness, and the moral of each does not lose by being kept artisti- cally separate from the story. The pastoral " Robene and Makyne" is, however, generally ranked as liLs most artistic achievement. Henrj'son, like all the Scottish Chaucerians, was a true lover of nature, which he describes carefully and vividly. His "Fables" were re-edited by Gregory Smith, for the Scottish Text Society, in 1900.

Bayne in Diet. AmI. Biog.. s. v.; Gregory Smith, Cambridge Ili-sl. Eng. Lil., vol. II (Cambridge, 1908); Laing. Preface lo "Poem.t and Fables of Robert Jlenrynoii" (Edinburgh, 1865): Saintsbury, Short Hist, of Eng. Lil. (London, 1907).

K. M. Warren.

Henry Suso (also called Amandus, a name adopted in his writings). Blessed, German mystic, b. at Con- stance on 21 March, about 1295; d. at Ulm, 25 Janu- ary, 1366; declared Blessed in 1831 by Gregory XVI, who assigned his feast in the Dominican Order to 2 March. His father belonged to the noble family of Berg; his mother, a holy woman from whom he took his name, to a family of Sus (or Siis). When thirteen years of age he entered the Dominican convent at Constance, where he made his preparatory, philo- sophical, and theological studies. P'rom 1324 to 1327 he took a supplementary course in theology in the Dominican sbidium geyterale at Cologne, where he sat at the feet of Johann Eckhart, "the Master", and probablj' at the side of Tauler, both celebrated mystics. Returning to Constance, he was appointed to the office of lector, from which he seems to have been re- moved some time between 1329 and 1334. In the latter year he began his apostolic career. About 1343 he was elected prior of a convent, probably at Diessenhofen. Five years later he was sent from Constance to LOm where he remained until his death.

Suso's life as a mystic began in his eighteenth year