[207] See Eugenio Carré Aldao, La Literatura Gallega en el siglo xix., 1903.
[208] Murguia.
[209] See Deux Manuscrits Wisigothiques de la bibliotheque de Ferdinand I. Paris, 1901.
[210] The diary of this Gallegan Pepys begins with the year 1546:—“Año del Señor de mil e quinientos y quarenta y seis años: siendo yo vice Rector de la villa de Carril cayó Sant Juan y Corpus Xpi en un dia: fué año de jubileo: fueron ocho de Aureo numero: letra dominical fue C. Abia dos años que cantara misa nueva....”
[211] In rich families thirteen ounces of gold are handed to the bride, but whatever the metal, the number must always be thirteen; it is a symbol of the husband’s promise to endow his wife with all his worldly goods.
[212] See George Macdonald, Coin Types, 1905.
[213] “The first specimens of British coinage can hardly be later than circa 150 B.C.” (op. cit.).
[214] Quoted by P. W. Joyce in A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 1903. This writer adds: “How much Ireland was richer than Britain in gold is well illustrated by the fact that while the total weight of the gold ornaments in the British Museum collected from England, Wales, and Scotland (excluding those from Ireland) is not more than 5 oz., those of the collection in the National Museum in Dublin weigh about 570 oz.”
[215] “Ordono II., en la carta por la que dona á la iglesa de Santiago una villa que fué de cierta Elvira, en 27 de Febrero de 922, dice: ’accepimus in offertionem ex parte prenominate ecclesie limace eum lapidibus et auro sculpto in D, solides necnon ... balteum aureum cum lapidibus miro opere compositum similitem in D, solidos.” (Published for first time by Señor Lopez Ferreiro in Appendix of his Hist. Igl. Santiago, vol. ii., 1899. Quoted by Villa-Amil in Mobiliario Liturgico.)
[216] See Benito F. Alonso, El Pontificado Gallego, p. 667.