Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 Book of Ballycummin

Irish, Latin
s. xvi composite manuscript
Irish manuscripts
vellum + paper

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

Collection: Betham collection

Shelfmark

23 N 10

Classification

Cat. no. 967

Betham collection, 145

Title

Book of Ballycummin

The manuscript has not been known by any title, at least in modern scholarship, until the conference organised at the Royal Irish Academy in 7-8 March, 2019, when it was given its new title, the Book of Ballycummin.

Type

manuscript miscellanies Irish narrative literature Irish religious literature Irish histories

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish Secondary: Latin

Date

s. xvi

16th century

Origin, provenance

Provenance: Baile in Chuimine

Baile in Chuimíne ... Ballycummin

County Roscommon

No short description available

See more Baile Tibhaird ar Blá MaigeBaile Tibhaird ar Blá Maige

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more ass. with Ó Maoil Chonaire (Seán)Ó Maoil Chonaire (Seán)

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Hands, scribes

Ó Maoil Chonaire family

Ó Maoil Chonaire family

Important learned family of poets, historians and scribes based in Connacht.

Scribes working for or belonging to the Ó Maoil Chonaire (Ó Maolconaire). The catalogue description distinguishes between three principal scribes, each of whom writes at least one colophon with his name: Aodh, Dubthach and Torna(e).

Hands indexed:

Aodh Aodh “wrote for his own amusement at Baile in Chuimine [Ballycummin] in the house of Seán Ó Maolchonaire (pp. 1, 48 i., 77 i.), circa 1575. This scribe was the owner of the book, as he is referred to by the other scribes” (RIA cat. descr.). Aodh [scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10]Aodh ... scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Dubthach “signs his name on p. 101 m., stating that he is finishing his part of the scribal work at Baile Tibhaird ar Bla Maige in the company of Sean Ó Maoilchonaire on the first Monday after the Feast of Saint John 1575 (p. 101 m.). Aedh, who resumes the transcription at this point, adds to Dubthach’s colophon a word of thanks” (RIA cat. descr.). Dubthach [scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10]Dubthach ... scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Tornae Signs his name at the end of the last line on p. 57: Messe Tornae ⁊ ni fetur ca fad o do-scriuhus oen-lini roime sin. Tornae [scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10]Tornae ... scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Anonymous A later section of the manuscript, pp. 131-142, containing a homily, maxims and verse, is without date and signature. Anonymous [scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10 (pp. 131-142)]Anonymous ... scribe of RIA MS 23 N 10 (pp. 131-142)

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Codicological information

UnitCodicological unit. Indicates whether the entry describes a single leaf, a distinct or composite manuscript, etc.

composite manuscript

Material

vellum + paper

Table of contents

Legend

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f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
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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.] Best, R. I. [introduction], MS. 23 N 10 (formerly Betham 145) in the library of the Royal Irish Academy, Facsimiles in Collotype of Irish Manuscripts, 6, Dublin: Stationery Office, 1954.

Secondary sources (select)

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. 5, 2769–2780 [id. 967.]