List of Irish manuscripts
Encyclopedia
This is a list of manuscript
s produced in Ireland
as well as other manuscripts of Irish interest, including both vellum
and paper manuscripts.
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
s produced in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
as well as other manuscripts of Irish interest, including both vellum
Vellum
Vellum is mammal skin prepared for writing or printing on, to produce single pages, scrolls, codices or books. It is generally smooth and durable, although there are great variations depending on preparation, the quality of the skin and the type of animal used...
and paper manuscripts.
| Library | MS catalogue no. | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium Royal Library of Belgium The Royal Library of Belgium is one of the most important cultural institutions in Belgium. The library has a history that goes back to the age of the Dukes of Burgundy... (Bibliothèque Royale) |
3410 | 1629 | Paper manuscript |
| Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium | 5100-4 | 17th century | Transcripts by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Mícheál Ó Cléirigh , sometimes known as Michael O'Clery, was an Irish chronicler, scribe and antiquary and chief author of the Annals of the Four Masters, assisted by Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire, and Peregrinus Ó Duibhgeannain.-Background and early life:Grandson of Tuathal... from a book written by Siodrach Ua Mael Conaire in 1533. |
| Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium | 5301-20 | after 1643 | paper manuscript |
| Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Cambridge University Library The Cambridge University Library is the centrally-administered library of Cambridge University in England. It comprises five separate libraries:* the University Library main building * the Medical Library... |
Book of Deer Book of Deer The Book of Deer is a 10th-century Latin Gospel Book from Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with early 12th-century additions in Latin, Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It is most famous for containing the earliest surviving Gaelic literature from Scotland... |
9/10th century, with later additions | Gospelbook of the 9/10th century, with 12th-century additions in Scottish Gaelic Images |
| Chatsworth | Book of Lismore Book of Lismore The Book of Lismore is a Medieval Irish manuscript.-Overview:The Book of Lismore is an Irish vellum manuscript, compiled in early 15th century, Lismore, Ireland. Its original name was Leabhar Mhic Cárthaigh Riabhaigh... |
c. 1500 | Mainly religious texts |
| Dublin, National Library of Ireland National Library of Ireland The National Library of Ireland is Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism is the member of the Irish Government responsible for the library.... |
G 1 | ||
| Dublin, National Library of Ireland | G 2 | ||
| Dublin, National Library of Ireland | G 3 (olim Phillips MS 7022) | includes Irish verse | |
| Dublin, National Library of Ireland | G 4 (olim Phillips MS 8214) | 1391 | Fragment which previously belonged to the core of the Yellow Book of Lecan |
| Dublin, National Library of Ireland | G 7 | 16th century | |
| Dublin, National Library of Ireland | G 10 | ||
| Dublin, National Library of Ireland | G 11 | ||
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions and currently has around 420 Members, elected in... |
23 D 17 | ||
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 23 E 29 Book of Fermoy |
15th-16th century | composite manuscript, three parts: I (pp. 1-16); II (pp. 17-216); III (pp. 217-24). Part preserved as Egerton 92 (see there). |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 23 K 44 | 1721-22 | Paper MS |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 23 N 10 23 N 10 Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS. 23 N 10, formerly Betham 145, is a Gaelic-Irish medieval manuscript.-Overview:MS 23 N 10 is a late sixteenth-century Irish manuscript currently housed in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin... |
c. 1575 | Compiled by scribes of the Ó Maolconaire Ó Maolconaire Ó Maolconaire was the surname of a family of professional poets and historians in Medieval Ireland. It is now rendered Mulconry, Conroy, Conaire.-Overview:... . Formerly MS Betham 145, after its former owner William Betham William Betham Sir William Betham was an English herald and antiquarian, the Ulster King of Arms from 1820 until his death in 1853. He had previously served as the Deputy Ulster from 1807 to 1820.-Life:... . |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 23 P 2 Great Book of Lecan Great Book of Lecan The Book of Lecan is a medieval Irish manuscript written between 1397 and 1418. It is in the possession of the Royal Irish Academy.... |
c. 1380 x 1417 | |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 23 P 3 | 1467 (first part) | Composite manuscript, consisting of three parts |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 23 P 12 Book of Ballymote Book of Ballymote The Book of Ballymote , named for the parish of Ballymote, County Sligo, was written in 1390 or 1391.... |
1384-1406 | |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 23 Q 6 | 15th-16th century | composite manuscript, five parts |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | 24 P 25 | 16th century | |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | B IV 1 | 1671-74 | paper manuscript |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | B IV 1A | 17th century? | paper manuscript |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | B IV 2 | 1627-28 | paper manuscript |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | C I 2 | 15th-16th century? | |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | C III 2 | 1552 | |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | C VI 3 | early 17th century | paper manuscript |
| Dublin, Royal Irish Academy | D IV 2 | 15th century | |
| Dublin, Trinity College Trinity College Library, Dublin Trinity College Library Dublin, the centrally-administered library of Trinity College, Dublin, is the largest library in Ireland. As a "copyright library", it has legal deposit rights for material published in the Republic of Ireland; it is also the only Irish library to hold such rights for the... |
52 Book of Armagh Book of Armagh The Book of Armagh or Codex Ardmachanus , also known as the Canon of Patrick and the Liber Armachanus, is a 9th-century Irish manuscript written mainly in Latin. It is held by the Library of Trinity College, Dublin... |
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| Dublin, Trinity College | 1289 (olim H.1.15) | 1729-1745 | Paper manuscript |
| Dublin, Trinity College | 1291 (olim H.1.17) | 1755 | Paper manuscript |
| Dublin, Trinity College | 1298 (olim H.2.7) | c. 1340-50 | Irish genealogies, tales |
| Dublin, Trinity College | 1308 (olim H.2.12, no. 8) | 15th century? | |
| Dublin, Trinity College | 1316 (olim H.2.15a) | various | composite manuscript, including Senchas Már material written down c. 1350. |
| Dublin, Trinity College | 1318 (olim H.2.16) Yellow Book of Lecan Yellow Book of Lecan The Yellow Book of Lecan , or TCD MS 1318 , is a medieval Irish manuscript written no later than the dawn of the 15th century. It is currently housed at Trinity College, Dublin and should not be confused with the Great Book of Lecan.-Overview:The manuscript is written on vellum and contains 344... |
14th/15th century | composite manuscript |
| Dublin, Trinity College | 1336 (olim H.3.17) | 15th and 16th centuries | miscellany |
| Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. It is based in a collection of buildings in Edinburgh city centre. The headquarters is on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter... |
No. V | 14th-15th century? | |
| > No. XL | Composite manuscripts (five parts) | ||
| Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland | No. XXVIII | 14th century? | |
| > No. XXXVI | 1690-91 | paper manuscript | |
| London, British Library British Library The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,... |
Additional 30512 | 15th-16th century | |
| London, British Library | Additional 33993 | 16th century | composite manuscript: I (fos. 1-19) and II (fos. 20-29) |
| London, British Library | Cotton Cotton library The Cotton or Cottonian library was collected privately by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton M.P. , an antiquarian and bibliophile, and was the basis of the British Library... Nero A 7 |
16th century? | composite manusrcipt, e.g. Bretha Nemed Toísech |
| London, British Library | Egerton 88 Egerton 88 MS Egerton 88 is a late sixteenth-century Irish manuscript, now housed in the British Library Egerton Collection, London. It is the work of members of the O'Davorens , a distinguished family of lawyers in Corcomroe, Co... |
c. 1564 | |
| London, British Library | Egerton 92 | Part detached from Book of Fermoy (see Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 E 29) | |
| London, British Library | Egerton 93 | 15th century (part I); 16th century (parts II-III) | composite manuscript in three parts: I (fos. 1-19); II (fos. 20-5); III (fos. 26-35) |
| London, British Library | Egerton 1781 | c. 1484-87 | |
| London, British Library | Egerton 1782 Egerton 1782 MS Egerton 1782 is the index title of an early sixteenth-century Irish vellum manuscript housed in the Egerton Collection of the British Library, London.-Overview:The compilation dates from c... |
c. 1517 | |
| London, British Library | Harleian 432 | early 16th century | vellum |
| London, British Library | Harleian 5260 | 16th century | vellum |
| London, British Library | Lansdowne 418 | e.g. Annals of Duisk | |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library... |
Laud Misc. 610 | c. 1453-4 | Irish genealogies. Images online. |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 475 | early 17th century | Irish account of the Norman invasion of Ireland Norman Invasion of Ireland The Norman invasion of Ireland was a two-stage process, which began on 1 May 1169 when a force of loosely associated Norman knights landed near Bannow, County Wexford... , based on an English version of Gerald of Wales' Expugnatio Hibernica; medieval and early modern Irish poems |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 488 | 14th-17th centuries | includes the Annals of Tigernach Annals of Tigernach The Annals of Tigernach is a chronicle probably originating in Clonmacnoise, Ireland. The language is a mixture of Latin and Old and Middle Irish.... |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 489 | early 16th century | Annals of Ulster Annals of Ulster The Annals of Ulster are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 to AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the... |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 498 | Irish charters, e.g. of the "Palmer's Hospital" (Priory and Hospital of St. John the Baptist without the New Gate, Dublin); of the Order of Fratres Cruciferi; additions. | |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 499 | Transcripts of deeds of Thomas Court (Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas the Martyr), Dublin | |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 501 | Registrum de Kilmainham | |
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 502 | ||
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 503 | ||
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 506 | ||
| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 512 Rawlinson B 512 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B. 512 is an Irish vellum manuscript in quarto, numbering 154 folios and written in double columns by multiple scribes in the course of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The compilation presents a diverse range of medieval texts in verse and in prose, some... |
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| Oxford, Bodleian Library | Rawlinson B 514 | ||
| Stockholm | Vitterhet Engelsk, II. | 16th century | vellum |
External links
- ISOS
- CELT (Corpus of Electronic Texts
- MSOmit
- Insular Medieval Manuscripts Reproduction Guide (IMMURGU)
- http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie:80/S/0001/S.0001.192304190008.html Proposal by WB Yeats in the Irish SenateSeanad Éireann (Irish Free State)Seanad Éireann was the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State from 1922–1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, or as the First Seanad. The Senate was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State but a number of constitutional amendments were...
in April 1923 concerning the local translation of Irish manuscripts.