Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 Leabhar Breac (‘Speckled Book’)

Irish
s. xvⁱⁿ
Irish manuscripts

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

Collection: Hodges and Smith collection

Shelfmark

23 P 16

Classification

Cat. no. 1230

Hodges and Smith collection, 224

Title

Leabhar Breac (‘Speckled Book’)

Previously also, Leabhar Mór Dúna Doighre (‘The Great Book of Dun Doighre’).

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

s. xvⁱⁿ

early 15th century

Origin, provenance

Origin: Ireland

Ireland

No short description available

See more Múscraige TíreMúscraige Tíre

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

Later provenance: Dún Daighre

Dún Daighre ... Duniry

County Galway

No short description available

Hands, scribes

Hands indexed:

Main hand Murchadh Ó CuindlisÓ Cuindlis (Murchadh)
(fl. c.1400?)
Murchadh (Riabhach) Ó Cuindlis, Irish scribe; pupil of Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh
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Copies or excerpts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1069 [s. xix]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1427 (N 1. 2-2a) [s. xix]

Table of contents

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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

A transcription of the manuscript has been in progress at DIAS.

[facs. ed.] Ó Longáin, Seosamh, J. J. Gilbert [eds], Eugene OʼCurry, and Brian OʼLooney [co-authors], Leabhar Breac, the Speckled Book, otherwise styled Leabhar Mór Dúna Doighre, the Great Book of Dun Doighre, 2 vols, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1872–1876. Lithographic facsimile edition of a transcript made by Joseph Ó Longáin.

HathiTrust: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

[facs. ed.] Gilbert, John T. [ed.], Facsimiles of national manuscripts of Ireland, vol. 1: Part 1, Dublin: Public Record Office of Ireland, 1874.

Selection.

Secondary sources (select)

Atkinson, Robert, The passions and the homilies from Leabhar Breac: text, translation and glossary, Todd Lecture Series, 2, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1887.

Note that there are various references throughout the book to material in the appendix, but in the introduction, Atkinson states he regrets “that I have not found it possible to include in the present volume the Appendix and Notes”.

CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

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. 6, fasc. 27: 3379–3404 [id. 1230.]