Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain)

Irish, Latin
s. xvⁱⁿ distinct manuscript
Irish manuscripts
vellum

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

Shelfmark

23 P 2

Title

Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain)

Modern Irish: Leabhar Leacain, also called the Great Book of Lecan (Modern Irish: Leabhar Mór Leacain); also known as the Great Book of the Mac Firbis of Lecan (Leabhar Mór Mhic Fhir Bhisigh Leacáin).

Type

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

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish Secondary: Latin

Date

s. xvⁱⁿ

Beginning of the 15th century.

Hands, scribes

Hands indexed:

Principal hand Chief compiler and scribe who identifies himself as Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh on more than one occasion. Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir BhisighMac Fhir Bhisigh (Giolla Íosa)
(fl. c. 1390–1418)
No short description available
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Assistant hand 1 Ádam Ó Cuirnín Ádam Ó CuirnínÓ Cuirnín (Ádam)
(fl. c. 1418)
Irish scribe, assistant of Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh.
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Assistant hand 2 Murchadh Riabhach Ó Cuindlis. 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, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 A 17 (803) [s. xix]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1426 (L 5. 19) [s. xix]

Codicological information

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distinct manuscript

Material

vellum

Table of contents

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Irish manuscripts

Sources

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[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.] Mulchrone, Kathleen, The Book of Lecan: Leabhar mór Mhic Fhir Bhisigh Leacain, Facsimiles in Collotype of Irish Manuscripts, 2, Dublin: Stationery Office, 1937. Facsimile edition, with introduction and indexes.

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. 3, fasc. 13: 1551–1610 [id. 535.]