JOCELIN
describes him as of full medium height, with
fine features graceful in form, gentle and kindly in manner. He wore a
shirt of hair next his body, and over it a garment of goatskjn. He also
wore a narrow hood, an alb, and stole. His episcopal staff was of simple
wood, devoid of ornament and his Manual Book was almost ever in his hand.
He was slow, emphatic, and impressive in his speech,
and it is stated that when he was at the altar his
hearers frequently saw a white dove hovering over his head, while at other
times a halo or nimbus encircled it. When he first came to Glasgow
his abode was a cell on the banks of the Molendinar, and his couch was of
stone in the form of a coffin. His food consisted chiefly of bread, and
his drink of milk; and of even these he partook but sparingly, as he broke
his fast once only every two or three days, while from flesh, wine, and
all intoxicants he rigorously abstained.
"He would rise from his not too
luxurious couch in the middle of the night, and rush, in all weathers,
into the Molendinar, where he would remain until he had chanted or sung
the whole of the hundred and fifty Psalms of David. When he had finished
he would lay himself down on a stone on the hillside to dry. During Lent
he would disappear from among his followers, and under pain of his
malediction he forbade their endeavouring to find out where he went or
what he did during that time. The people surmised, however, from some
sermons he preached to them, that he be-took himself to the woods, spent
his time in devotion, living upon roots and whatever he could get around
him. On Maundy Thursday lie returned to his cell, on Good Friday he was
crucified in spirit with Christ, on Saturday he spent the day in dejection
and prayer, and on Easter Sunday he was hilariously joyful."
