Manuscripts

Lebor gerr (short book) of Monasterboice

  • Irish
  • Lost Irish manuscripts

A lost Irish manuscript, which is mentioned In the colophon to Aided Nath Í ocus a adnacol in the Lebor na hUidre (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25).

Identifiers
Title
Lebor gerr (short book) of Monasterboice
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Irish
Date
Earlier than the Lebor na hUidre.
Origin, provenance
Provenance: Mainistir Buite
Mainistir Buite/Buithe ... Monasterboice
County Louth
See more
Monasterboice.
Hands, scribes
Codicological information
State of existence
lost

Sources

Secondary sources (select)

Herbert, Máire, “Crossing historical and literary boundaries: Irish written culture around the year 1000”, in: Patrick Sims-Williams, and Gruffydd Aled Williams (eds), Croesi ffiniau: Trafodion y 12fed Gyngres Astudiaethau Celtaidd Ryngwladol 24–30 Awst 2003, Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth / Crossing boundaries: Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Celtic Studies, 24–30 August 2003, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 53, 54, Aberystwyth: CMCS Publications, 2007. 87–101.
92–93
Best, Richard Irvine, and Osborn Bergin [eds.], Lebor na hUidre: Book of the Dun Cow, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1929.
CELT – edition (pp. 1-338): <link> Internet Archive: <link>
x–xi
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
September 2011, last updated: March 2021