Manuscripts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 5 Reeves manuscript of the Agallamh na seanórach
- Irish
- s. xvii
- Irish manuscripts
A manuscript of the Agallamh na seanórach (late recension). Because the manuscript has been in the possession of Bishop William Reeves, it is sometimes referred to as the ‘Reeves manuscript’.
Identifiers
Location
Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy
Collection: MacAdam and Reeves collection
Shelfmark
24 P 5
Classification
Cat. no. 93
Title
Reeves manuscript of the Agallamh na seanórach
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Irish
Date
s. xvii
17th century
Origin, provenance
Later provenance: ass. with Morgan (William) [unidentified]Morgan (William) ... unidentified
See more Morgan (Terence) [unidentified]Morgan (Terence) ... unidentified
See more The names of William Morgan and Terrence Morgan (unidentified) occur in the manuscript (Flahive).
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Morgan (Terence) [unidentified]Morgan (Terence) ... unidentified
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more The names of William Morgan and Terrence Morgan (unidentified) occur in the manuscript (Flahive).
Later provenance: ass. with Bryson (Samuel)
See more Belfast scribe Samuel Bryson had occasion to make transcriptions.
Bryson (Samuel)
(1778–1853)
Irish scribe from Belfast
See more Belfast scribe Samuel Bryson had occasion to make transcriptions.
Later provenance: ass. with MacAdam (Robert)MacAdam (Robert)
See more Reeves (William)
See more The manuscript was acquired by Robert Mac Adam and through him later passed into the possession of Bishop William Reeves.
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Reeves (William)
(1815–1892)
Irish antiquarian scholar; bishop of the Anglican see of Down, Connor and Dromore; keeper of the Armagh Public Library
See more The manuscript was acquired by Robert Mac Adam and through him later passed into the possession of Bishop William Reeves.
Hands, scribes
Hands indexed:
Ní Shéaghdha identifies the hand as being that of Pádruic mac Oghannan (normalised: Pádraic Mac Adhomhnáin), fl. 1680 x 1699, who also produced copies of Acallam na senórach (first recension). Pádruic Mac OghannanMac Oghannan (Pádruic)
(s. xvii2)
Mac Oghannain (Pádruic)
Pátruic Mac Oghannan/Oghannain, Irish scribe
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(s. xvii2)
Mac Oghannain (Pádruic)
Pátruic Mac Oghannan/Oghannain, Irish scribe
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Copies or excerpts
The list below has been collated from the table of contents, if available on this page,Progress in this area is being made piecemeal. Full and partial tables of contents are available for a small number of manuscripts. and incoming annotations for individual texts (again, if available).Whenever catalogue entries about texts are annotated with information about particular manuscript witnesses, these manuscripts can be queried for the texts that are linked to them.
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.
[dipl. ed.] Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed.], Agallamh na seanórach, 3 vols, vol. 1, Leabhair ó Láimhsgríbhnibh, 7, Dublin, 1942.
Corpas.ria.ie – Edition: <link>
Semi-diplomatic edition of Agallamh na seanórach.
Secondary sources (select)
Flahive, Joseph J., “Revisiting the Reeves Agallamh”, in: Kevin Murray, and Aidan Doyle (eds), In dialogue with the Agallamh: essays in honour of Seán Ó Coileáin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014. 164–184.
Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed.], Agallamh na seanórach, 3 vols, vol. 1, Leabhair ó Láimhsgríbhnibh, 7, Dublin, 1942.
Corpas.ria.ie – Edition: <link>
Introduction
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. 1, 275–277 [id. 93.]
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June 2011, last updated: September 2023
