Manuscripts

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 Unit: section 1, ff. 1r-12v

Irish, Latin
s. xi^ex/xiiⁱⁿ
Irish manuscripts
vellum

Identifiers

Location

England Oxford, Bodleian Library

Part of

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 [s. xi/xii + s. xvii]

Type

Irish annals

Description

First vellum codex of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502. Its main contents are a large fragment of the Annals of Tigernach.

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish, Latin

Date

s. xi^ex/xiiⁱⁿ

Late 11th / early 12th century.

Hands, scribes

Codicological information

Material

vellum

Table of contents

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Irish 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.

[dig. img.] Oxford Digital Library, Early manuscripts at Oxford University, Online: University of Oxford, 2001–present. URL: <http://image.ox.ac.uk>.

[ed.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Annals of Tigernach [part 1]: the fragment in Rawlinson B. 502”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 374–419.

Internet Archive – offprint: <link>

374–419 World chronicle in Rawl. B 502.

Secondary sources (select)

Ó Cuív, Brian, Catalogue of Irish language manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford college libraries. Part 1: Descriptions, Dublin: School of Celtic Studies, DIAS, 2001.

Oskamp, Hans P. A., “The first twelve folia of Rawlinson B 502”, Ériu 23 (1972): 56–72.

Best, R. I., “Palaeographical notes I. The Rawlinson B 502 Tigernach”, Ériu 7 (1914): 114–120.

Internet Archive: <link>