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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1392 Unit: 11

• Latin, English, Cornish, Breton, Irish, Welsh
• s. xvii^ex/xviiiⁱⁿ
• Welsh manuscripts
• paper

Manuscript fragments relating to Edward Lhuyd’s lexicographical research, including vocabularies, notes and a transcript.

• General

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Trinity College

Part of

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1392 (1392, H 5. 20) [s. xvii^ex/xviiiⁱⁿ]

Type

manuscript miscellanies

Description

Abbott summarises the contents as follows:

• f. 1. Fragment of a short comparative Celtic vocabulary, only the letter A.
  f. 2. English words only.
  ff. 3, 4. An index of rare Latin words under V and Z.
  f. 5. Observations on initial compound prepositions, etc., Cornish, Armoric, and Hibernian.
  f. 6. (folded) Notes for a collection of rare Latin words.
  ff. 7, 8. Transcript from the Cambridge Juvencus, with Welsh glosses.
  ff. 9-10. Four pages of a printed Dissertatio Epistolaris (on Runic characters), with notes by Lhwyd on Welsh grammar.
  

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Latin, English, Cornish, Breton, Irish, Welsh

Date

s. xvii^ex/xviiiⁱⁿ

Origin, provenance

Origin: ass. with Lhuyd (Edward)

Lhuyd (Edward)

(d. 1709)

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Codicological information

State of existence

fragmentary

Material

paper

Welsh manuscripts

Sources

See also the parent manuscript for further references.

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.

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Secondary sources (select)

Abbott, T. K., and E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1921.

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web page identifiers

page name: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1392/11

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen

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August 2021