Manuscripts

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 10 Unit: section 2, pp. 19-50

Irish
s. xvi
Irish manuscripts
vellum

Félire Óengusso and other Irish religious texts.

General
Texts

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, National Library of Ireland

Part of

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 10 [s. xvi]

Type

Irish religious literature

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

s. xvi

16th century (Ní Shéaghdha).

Hands, scribes

Ní Shéaghdha distinguishes between six hands in addition to a number of later ones. The main hand is responsible for the text of Félire Óengusso (pp. 20-45), while the remaining pages are written by five other hands: (1) p. 45, line 25 onwards; (2) p. 46; (3) pp. 47-48 (Homily on the Deadly Sins); (4) p. 48 b 26-p. 49; and (5) p. 50.

Codicological information

Material

vellum

Dimensions

26 cm × 18 cm

Collation

1⁸ (pp. 19-34) + 2⁸ (pp. 35-50) = 16 (total)

Palaeographical information

Script

Category: Gaelic National minuscule

The list below has been collated from the table of contents, if available on this page,Progress in this area is being made piecemeal. Full and partial tables of contents are available for a small number of manuscripts. and incoming annotations for individual texts (again, if available).Whenever catalogue entries about texts are annotated with information about particular manuscript witnesses, these manuscripts can be queried for the texts that are linked to them.

Irish manuscripts

Sources

See also the parent manuscript for further references.

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.] “National Library of Ireland”, 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/nli.html>.

Digital reproduction direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the National Library of Ireland, fasc. 1: Mss G 1 – G 14, Studies in Irish Manuscripts, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967.

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies: <link>

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