Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 Book of Leinster
- s. xii2
- Irish manuscripts
Identifiers
Location
Ireland Dublin, Trinity College
Shelfmark
1339
Title
Book of Leinster
(Lebor Laignech, or in Modern Irish, Leabhar Laighneach); Book of Nuachongbáil (Lebor na Nuachongbála)
Description
miscellany
Provenance and related aspects
Date
s. xii2
second half of the 12th century
Origin, provenance
Terryglass (Co. Tipperary); possibly Oughaval or Clonenagh (Co. Laois)
Hands, scribes
Áed Ua Crimthainn, et al.
Hands indexed:
Hand A So-called because of his identification with Áed Úa Crimthainn, abbot and coarb of Terryglass, the main scribe and compiler. Áed Úa Crimthainn [abbot of Terryglass]Úa Crimthainn (Áed) ... abbot of Terryglass
(fl. 12th c.)
Úa Crimthainn (Áed), Áed Úa Crimthainn, mac Crimthainn (Áed)
abbot and coarb of Terryglass (Tír Dá Glas), near Lough Derg, and one of the scribes and compilers of the Book of Leinster.
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(fl. 12th c.)
Úa Crimthainn (Áed), Áed Úa Crimthainn, mac Crimthainn (Áed)
abbot and coarb of Terryglass (Tír Dá Glas), near Lough Derg, and one of the scribes and compilers of the Book of Leinster.
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Hand F Hand F, so-called because his assumed association with Finn, bishop of Kildare. Anonymous [LL scribe for bishop Finn of Kildare]Anonymous ... LL scribe for bishop Finn of Kildare
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Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Hand M was responsible for the copy of Mesca Ulad on ff. 261b25-268. Anonymous [LL scribe M]Anonymous ... LL scribe M
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Hand S Takes over from F to continue the copy of Cath Maige Mucrama and to copy some other prose texts (289-308). Anonymous [LL scribe S]Anonymous ... LL scribe S
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Hand T1 See Duncan (2012)
Hand T2 See Duncan (2012)
Hand T3 See Duncan (2012)
Hand T4 See Duncan (2012)
Hand U See Duncan (2012) Anonymous [LL scribe U]Anonymous ... LL scribe U
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Patron
possibly Diarmait Mac Murchada
Copies or excerpts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 2 (1080) [1627-1628]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1428 (L 5. 20) [s. xix]
An tSaltair Óg [1627 (?)]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1428 (L 5. 20) [s. xix]
An tSaltair Óg [1627 (?)]
Codicological information
Dimensions
33 cm x 23 cm (= c. 13 inch x 9 inch)
Condition
a note in the manuscript note () says that 45 leaves are lost
Distinct units
pp. 355–374
The last leaf of this manuscript (pp. 375–376) did not belong to LL.
pp. 377–410
Dublin, Trinity College, … Supplement [c. s. xvi]
A 16th-century supplement to the Book of Leinster.
Table of contents
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The above method of differentiating between links has not been applied yet to texts or citations from texts which are included in the context of other texts, commonly verses.
Locus
While it is not a reality yet, CODECS seeks consistency in formatting references to locations of texts and other items of interest in manuscripts. Our preferences may be best explained with some examples:
- f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
- f. 96vb.m: meaning folio 96, verso, second column, middle of the page (s = top, m = middle, i = bottom)
- Note that marg. = marginalia, while m = middle.
- p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23
The list below has been collated from the table of contents, if available on this page,Progress in this area is being made piecemeal. Full and partial tables of contents are available for a small number of manuscripts. and incoming annotations for individual texts (again, if available).Whenever catalogue entries about texts are annotated with information about particular manuscript witnesses, these manuscripts can be queried for the texts that are linked to them.
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.] “Trinity College, Dublin”, 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, 1999–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/tcd.html>.
Digital image reproduction, with catalogue description direct link
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, M. A. OʼBrien, and Anne OʼSullivan [eds.], The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 6 vols, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954–1983.
CELT – 1-260: <link> CELT – 400-470 (excl. Táin bó Cúailnge): <link> CELT – 471-638 and 663 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn): <link> CELT – 761-781 and 785-841 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn and Togail Troí): <link> CELT – 1119-1192 and 1202-1325 (excl. Esnada tige Buchet and Fingal Rónáin ): <link>
Diplomatic edition
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 1, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954. 260 pp. + 4 pl.
CELT – edition (pp. 1-260): <link>
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 2, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1956. xi + pp. 261-470 + 2 pl.
CELT – pp. 400-470: <link>
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1957. xxi + pp. 471-760.
CELT – pp. 471-638 and 663: <link>
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 4, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1965. xxvii + pp. 761-1117.
CELT – pp. 761-781 and 785-841: <link>
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967. xv + pp. 1119-1325.
CELT – pp. 1119-1192 and 1202-1325: <link>
[dipl. ed.] OʼSullivan, Anne [ed.], The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 6, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1983. xv + pp. 1327-1708.
CELT – pp. 1327–1595 (excl. pp. 1596–1708): <link>
[facs. ed.] Atkinson, Robert [ed.], The Book of Leinster sometime called the Book of Glendalough: a collection of pieces (prose and verse) in the Irish language, compiled, in part, about the middle of the twelfth century, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1880.
Facsimile edition, with introduction and indexes.
Secondary sources (select)
Duncan, Elizabeth, “A reassessment of the script and make-up of Lebor na Nuachongbála”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 59 (2012): 27–66.
Mac Eoin, Gearóid, “The provenance of the Book of Leinster”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 57 (2009–2010): 79–96.
Bhreathnach, Edel, “Two contributors to the Book of Leinster: Bishop Finn of Kildare and Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn”, in: Michael Richter, and Jean-Michel Picard (eds), Ogma: essays in Celtic studies in honour of Próinséas Ní Chatháin, Dublin: Four Courts, 2002. 105–111.
OʼSullivan, William, “Notes on the scripts and make-up of the Book of Leinster”, Celtica 7 (1966): 1–31.
Abbott, T. K., and E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1921.
External links
web page identifiers
page name: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
page url: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Dublin,_Trinity_College,_MS_1339
redirect: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Special:Redirect/page/398
numerical alternative: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?curid=398
page ID: 398
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Contributors
C. A., Dagmar Schlüter, Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
November 2010, last updated: December 2023
Description
Table of contents
Unindexed:
- Dinnshenchas of Tailtiu
- Dinnshenchas of Achall
- Aided Bresail meic Diarmata (f. 358 margin)
- Dinnshenchas of Almu I
- Án grian (f. 315c ll. 2-4)
- Dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide
- Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find I (f. 163b)
- Baeth buide (f. 311b ll. 53-58)
- Banshenchas
- Cath Crinna
- Coeca fichet filed (f. 315b ll. 8-10)
- Dinnshenchas of Ochan
- Dind Ríg, rúad Túaim Tenbath (f. 377b ll. 14-19)
- Dinnshenchas of Druim Criaich
- Eochu art (ff. 393a l. 52 - 393b l. 4)
- Eochu Ferngen (f. 311b ll. 39-48; f. 378b ll. 5-11)
- Esnada tige Buchet (f. 270a-271a)
- Dinnshenchas of Benn Étair I
- Find Taulcha (f. 311c ll. 7-12; f. 378b ll. 49-53)
- Dinnshenchas of Fornocht
- Lámair lergga (f. 387a ll. 25-26)
- Lia láma (f. 393a ll. 48-52)
- Lige Guill
- Línais Nia (f. 387a ll. 26-28)
- Lug scéith (f. 311b ll. 15-19; f. 377b ll. 38-40)
- Mál ad-rualaid (f. 311b ll. 33-38; f. 378a ll. 20-22)
- Már drecuin (f. 316b ll. 62-64; f. 392d ll. 20-24)
- Mára galgata (f. 315c ll. 11-18; f. 387a ll. 16-21)
- Móen óen (f. 311 ll. 10-19; f. 377a ll. 24-32; f. 377b ll. 40-43)
- Mór Muman ocus Aided Cuanach meic Ailchine (ff. 274a-275b)
- Ní celt ceis (f. 311b ll. 4-8; f. 377b ll. 23-26)
- Oenach indiu luid in rí (ff. 206b-207b)
- Dinnshenchas of Boand I
- Dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésa
- Dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna
- Trí meic Ruaid (f. 311c ll. 34-37; f. 380a ll. 12-14)
