Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta)

Irish, Latin
1384 x 1406 composite manuscript
Irish manuscripts
vellum

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

Shelfmark

23 P 12

Classification

Cat. no. 536

Title

Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta)

Type

manuscript miscellanies Irish narrative literature Irish poetry and verse (vernacular) Irish religious literature Irish histories Irish genealogies

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish Secondary: Latin

Date

1384 x 1406

1384 x 1406.

Origin, provenance

Ballymote (Co. Sligo)

Hands, scribes

Scribes belonging to the Mac Aedhagáin family include Maghnus Ó Duibhgeannáin, Robeartus Mac Síthigh and Solamh Ó Droma.

Hands indexed:

Hand (Maghnus Ó Duibhgeannáin) Maghnus Ó DuibhgeannáinÓ Duibhgeannáin (Maghnus)
(fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
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Hand (Robeartus Mac Síthigh) Robeartus Mac SíthighMac Síthigh (Robeartus)
(fl. early 15th century)
Robeartus Mac Síthigh, Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
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Hand (Solamh Ó Droma) Solamh Ó DromaÓ Droma (Solamh)
(fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
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Main hand 1 (Ó Duibhgeannáin) Maghnus Ó DuibhgeannáinÓ Duibhgeannáin (Maghnus)
(fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
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Main hand 2 (Ó Droma) Solamh Ó DromaÓ Droma (Solamh)
(fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
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Main hand 3 (Mac Síthigh) Robeartus Mac SíthighMac Síthigh (Robeartus)
(fl. early 15th century)
Robeartus Mac Síthigh, Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
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Annotator (Charles O'Conor of Belanagare) Charles O'Conor [of Ballinagare]O'Conor (Charles) ... of Ballinagare
(1710–1791)
O'Conor (Charles) ... of Belanagare
Charles O'Conor, of Belanagare (Co. Roscommon), Irish scholar
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Exemplars

Leabhar Gearr Uí Cheallaig

Exemplars include the Leabhar Gearr Uí Cheallaig, now lost.

Copies or excerpts

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 42 [s. xix]
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 138 [c.1727]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 (H 2. 4) [1728]

Codicological information

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composite manuscript

Material

vellum

Table of contents

Legend

Texts

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Locus

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f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
f. 96vb.m: meaning folio 96, verso, second column, middle of the page (s = top, m = middle, i = bottom)
- Note that marg. = marginalia, while m = middle.
p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23

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Irish manuscripts

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] “Royal Irish Academy”, Anne-Marie OʼBrien, and Pádraig Ó Macháin, Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) – Meamrám Páipéar Ríomhaire, Online: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1999–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/ria.html>.

direct link

[facs. ed.] Atkinson, Robert [ed.], The Book of Ballymote: a collection of pieces (prose and verse) in the Irish language, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1887. Facsimile edition.

Secondary sources (select)

Ó hUiginn, Ruairí (ed.), Book of Ballymote, Codices Hibernenses Eximii, 2, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 2018.

Mulchrone, Kathleen, Thomas F. OʼRahilly, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, and A. I. Pearson, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, 8 vols, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1926–1970.

8 volumes: Vol. 1, pp. 1–654 (fasc. 1-5) -- Vol. 2, pp. 655–1294 (fasc. 6-10) -- Vol. 3, pp. 1295–1938 (fasc. 11-15) -- Vol. 4, pp. 1939–2578 (fasc. 16-20) -- Vol. 5, pp. 2579–3220 (fasc. 21-25) -- Vol. 6, pp. 3221–3500 (fasc. 26-27) -- Vol. 7 (index 1) -- Vol. 8 (index 2).

Vol. 3, 1610–1655 [id. 536.]

Ó Concheanainn, Tomás, “The Book of Ballymote”, Celtica 14 (1981): 15–25.