Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Egerton 88 Irish law, grammar, tales

Irish
c. 1564
Irish manuscripts

Identifiers

Location

England London, British Library

Collection: Egerton manuscripts

Shelfmark

Egerton 88

Type

early Irish legal texts

Provenance and related aspects

Belongs to historical MS:

Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann law manuscript

Language

Irish

Date

c. 1564

Hands, scribes

Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann (Domhnall)

Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann (Domhnall)

(16th century)

Domhnall mac Aodha Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann, main scribe of BL Egerton 88.

See more Ó Duibh Dhá Bhoireann (Maghnus)Ó Duibh Dhá Bhoireann (Maghnus)

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Main scribe: Domhnall Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann. Others include Maghnus Ó Duibh Dhá Bhoireann.

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f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
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p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23

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Irish manuscripts

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.

[dig. img.] “British Library”, 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, ?–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/bl.html>.

direct link

[dipl. ed.] Binchy, D. A. [ed.], Corpus iuris Hibernici, 7 vols, vol. 4, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

comments: numbered pp. 1139–1531; diplomatic edition of legal material from: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 6; Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3; London, British Library, MS Egerton 88.

1266–1531 Diplomatic edition of legal material on ff. 1a-8d, 15a-61d, 79a-92c, 34r

Secondary sources (select)

OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the [British Library, formerly the] British Museum, vol. 1, London: British Museum, 1926.

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