Miscellanea Historica Hibernica
Encyclopedia
Miscellanea Historica Hibernica, also known as MS G1, is a manuscript
miscellany, a miniature
vellum
commonplace book.
Compiled by Pilip Ballach Ó Duibhgeannáin
during the years 1579 - 1584, it is described on the front endpaper as Miscellanea Historica Hibernica in a later hand. Ó Duibhgeannáin was a resident of Cloonybrien, County Roscommon
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The Miscellanea contains an Irish rendering of an extract from a Latin
tract found in Roger Bacon
's 13th century version of Secretum Secretorum on physiognomy
.
Paul Walsh
suggested that Ó Duibhgeannáin was a son of Fer Caogad mac Ferghal Ó Duibhgeannáin, who died at Cloonybried in 1581.
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...
miscellany, a miniature
Miniature (illuminated manuscript)
The word miniature, derived from the Latin minium, red lead, is a picture in an ancient or medieval illuminated manuscript; the simple decoration of the early codices having been miniated or delineated with that pigment...
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...
commonplace book.
Compiled by Pilip Ballach Ó Duibhgeannáin
Pilip Ballach Ó Duibhgeannáin
Pilip Ballach Ó Duibhgeannáin was an Irish historian.A member of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin and a hereditary historian, Pilip was a resident of Cloonybrien, County Roscommon...
during the years 1579 - 1584, it is described on the front endpaper as Miscellanea Historica Hibernica in a later hand. Ó Duibhgeannáin was a resident of Cloonybrien, County Roscommon
County Roscommon
County Roscommon is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the town of Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county...
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The Miscellanea contains an Irish rendering of an extract from a Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
tract found in Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon, O.F.M. , also known as Doctor Mirabilis , was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods...
's 13th century version of Secretum Secretorum on physiognomy
Physiognomy
Physiognomy is the assessment of a person's character or personality from their outer appearance, especially the face...
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Paul Walsh
Paul Walsh
Paul Anthony Walsh is a retired English footballer.Walsh was a diminutive and pacy centre forward who shot to fame in the 1980s during spells with Charlton, Luton, Liverpool and Tottenham.-Charlton Athletic:...
suggested that Ó Duibhgeannáin was a son of Fer Caogad mac Ferghal Ó Duibhgeannáin, who died at Cloonybried in 1581.
Sources
- Irish Medieval Learning, by Fr. Paul WalshFr. Paul WalshFather Paul Walsh , was an Irish priest and historian.-Life and career:Walsh was the eldest of the five sons and three daughters born to Michael Walsh and Brigid Gallagher of Ballina , in the parish of Mullingar, County Westmeath. Educated locally, he spent a year at Mullingar's Christian Brothers...
, 1918, pp. 18–19. - Rudimenta Physionomiae, by Gearóid mac NiocaillGearóid Mac NiocaillGearóid Mac Niocaill was one of the foremost twentieth-century scholars and interpreters of late medieval Irish tracts and professor of history at NUI Galway from 1977 until his retirement in 1997. His publication of key late medieval manuscripts in Latin and, especially, Irish restricted his...
, in Celtica vi (1963), pp. 271–77. - A world of wonders:marvels and prodigies in the diocese of ElphinElphinIn Welsh mythology, Elffin ap Gwyddno was a son of Gwyddno Garanhir, 'Lord of Ceredigion'. The earliest example of the name occurs in several of the mythological poems attributed to Taliesin in the Book of Taliesin. The date of their composition is uncertain but probably predates the Norman...
, 1588, pp. 134–54, in Stories from Gaelic Ireland:Microhistories from the sixteenth-century Irish annals, by Bernadette Cunningham and Raymond Gillespie, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2003, ISBN 1 85182 7471.