Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3 Féilire beag; Law

Irish
s. xv-xvi (?) composite manuscript
Irish manuscripts
vellum

Composite manuscript consisting of three Irish manuscript fragments: A (religious texts), and B and C (legal material).

General
Contents

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

Shelfmark

23 P 3

Classification

Cat. no. 1242

Type

Composite manuscript: ff. 1-19 + ff. 20-23 + ff. 24-25.

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

s. xv-xvi (?)

First part: 1467.

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

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

composite manuscript

Material

vellum

Distinct units

ff. 1-19

Dublin, Royal Irish Acade… ff. 1-19 [c.1467]

Fragment A.

ff. 20-23

Dublin, Royal Irish Acade… ff. 20-23 [s. xv/xvi?]

Fragment B.

ff. 24-25

Dublin, Royal Irish Acade… ff. 24-25 [s. xv/xvi?]

Fragment C.

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

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

Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: R.I.A., 23 P. 3”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 2 (1904): 136–138.

Internet Archive: <link>

Selections.

[dipl. ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 4, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

comments: numbered pp. 1139–1531; diplomatic edition of legal material from: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 6; Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3; London, British Library, MS Egerton 88.

1235–1265 Diplomatic edition of legal material on ff. 20a-25d.

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. 6, fasc. 27: 3433–3440 [id. 1242.]