Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319 Unit: vol. 2, pp. 172-187, 192-194fragment of the Book of Lecan

Irish
xvⁱⁿ
Irish manuscripts

Nine leaves which previously belonged to the Book of Lecan (RIA 23 P 2).

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Trinity College

Part of

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319 (H 2. 17, 1319) [various]

Title

fragment of the Book of Lecan

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

xvⁱⁿ

beginning of the 15th century

Origin, provenance

Origin: Ireland

Ireland

No short description available

Later provenance: By 1688, the leaves of this fragment were missing from the Book of Lecan. Abbott: “The great Book of Lecan was in this Library in 1688, when the first extant Catalogue of MSS. was compiled (the same Catalogue a copy of which was supplied to Bernard for his ‘Catalogus’). At that time these nine leaves were wanting: see Bernard, No. 257. It seems to have been carried to France in the reign of James II and in 1787, through the Abbé Kearney, of Paris, it was presented to the then recently founded Royal Irish Academy, in whose Library it is now preserved.”

Later provenance: Dublin, Trinity College

Dublin, Trinity College

No short description available

See more ass. with O'Curry (Eugene)

O'Curry (Eugene)

(b. 1794–d. 1862)

Irish scholar

See more The leaves resurfaced and were examined and identified by Eugene O’Curry. Abbott: “By a singular fate, the nine leaves which were missing in 1688 have found their way to the shelves where the remainder of the book formerly stood. These were identified by O’Curry. These leaves have since been transposed so as to follow p. 193.”

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Sources

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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.] “Trinity College, Dublin”, 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/tcd.html>.

MS 1319/2/6 (ff. 63r–71v)