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).

Identifiers
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
ff. 20-23
ff. 24-25
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
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  • p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23

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>.
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.]
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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February 2011, last updated: November 2022