As the first fruits of Fasti Ecclesiae Portugaliae: prosopografia do clero catedralício português (1071–1325), a research project into the careers and the social and family connections of the secular clergy of the period produced by nineteen senior and junior scholars, this volume brings together 151 wills of Portuguese churchmen of the period indicated. Since it contains the texts of virtually every surviving testament, we have here an important collection capable of providing the basis for much future research, particularly so in view of the richness of wills and codicils as historical documents, as well as the patchiness and narrowness of previously published Portuguese primary sources. That said, Testamenti Ecclesiae Portugaliae (TEP) is something of an opportunity missed. Apart from occasionally defective transcriptions and lapses (of which the eyesore in the title is an unpropitious omen), what is most regrettable is the lack of any critical apparatus. The texts are left to speak for themselves without any account provided of the testators (some of them not entirely unknown historical figures), of the circumstances in which they were produced, or of the institutions with which they were associated, all of which would have enormously enhanced the work's value. Nor has any effort been made to identify the many (mostly legal) books listed or to provide explanations for the documents’ more puzzling and suggestive passages. Thus, the information that a certain ‘magister Aço’ had been willing to pay 200 pounds for a Volumen parvum ‘quod est valde bonum et cui par non poterit inveniri’ (p. 450) elicits no remark. Likewise, the seemingly mysterious ‘fratres Richardina’ (sic, p. 109), to whom certain possessions in Bologna were left, although ‘Richardina’ is indexed as the female equivalent of Richard and given the modern Portuguese form ‘Ricardina’ (p. 749). (Could it be that the testator was in fact referring to the Franciscans of Riccardina, a hamlet close to Bologna?; cf. Sarti/Fattorini, De claris archigymnasii bononiensis professoribus. vol. i/2, Bologna 1772, 94.) Wills are as much about people as they are about items, and the indices of a volume such as TEP should reflect that. However, on the assumption that researchers will be primarily interested in the names of people (p. 16), its editors have provided only an index of proper names. Those seeking the titles of books, textiles, luxury wares or types of currency will therefore have to battle their way unaided through 600-odd pages of primary sources. In their grim quest, a glossary or at least a few individual notes explaining the meaning of the more uncommon words which occur would have been useful too. All in all, TEP is a worthy achievement, destined to be well thumbed by medievalists in years to come. But its scholarly weaknesses are more than a little disappointing. Its contributors' valiant efforts deserve better recompense in an improved edition.