Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Egerton 112 Abhalshóird gacha mílseáin

  • Irish
  • 1780-82
  • Irish manuscripts
  • paper
Identifiers
Location
Collection: Egerton manuscripts
Shelfmark
Egerton 112
Title
Abhalshóird gacha mílseáin
The first words of a title given by the scribe, translatable as ‘The ordeal of sweets’ (O'Grady).
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Irish
Date
1780-82
1780-1782 (O'Grady)
Hands, scribes
Muiris Ó Conchubhair [fl. 18th century]Ó Conchubhair (Muiris) ... fl. 18th century
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Codicological information
Material
paper
Foliation / Pagination
521 folios

Sources

Secondary sources (select)

OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the [British Library, formerly the] British Museum, vol. 1, London: British Museum, 1926.
34–57 [‘Egerton 112, ff. 3-523’]
OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 2: translation and notes, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.
Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
vi; xix
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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January 2014, last updated: July 2022