Manuscripts
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Anchorite of Llandewi Brefi (fl. mid–14th century)
Anonymous scribe usually known as the ‘anchorite of Llandewi Brefi’.
Book of Taliesin scribe (fl. first half of the 14th century)
An anonymous scribe whose hand, designated ‘X86’ by Daniel Huws, has been identified in five Welsh manuscripts, of which the Book of Taliesin (Peniarth 2) may be the best known. Others are Peniarth 6 part 4 (Gereint), NLW MS 3036B (Brut y brenhinedd), and BL Cotton Cleopatra MS A xiv and Harley MS 4353 (both containing copies of the Cyfnerth recension of Cyfraith Hywel). It is not possible to pinpoint any particular monastic house with certainty, but he seems to have been active in the general area of southeast- or mid-Wales.
Dahelou (Henri) (s. xiv)
Gwilym Was Da (fl. c. 1300)
al. Gwilym Wasta, Welsh scribe
Hywel Fychan ap Hywel Goch (fl. 14th century)
Hywel Fychan ap Hywel Goch was a fourteenth century Welsh scribe. He was a man with clerical training who knew Latin and was able to edit and organize a book. He also wrote lawbooks. Hywel Fychan is most famous for being the chief scribe of the Red Book of Hergest (Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111). He is also connected to Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 11; Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 27 (Llyfr Coch Talgarth); and Philadelphia, Library Company, MS 8680.O. He furthermore made a contribution to the Culchwch ac Olwen-text of the White Book of Rhydderch (Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth 4-5) on folio 83v.
Ivonet Omnes (fl. 14th century)
Lhuyd (Edward) (d. 1709)
Mac Aodhagáin (Aodh) (fl. 1350)
Irish scribe
Mac Fhir Bhisigh (Dubhaltach) (d. 1671)
Dubhaltach (Óg) Mac Fhir Bhisigh, Irish historian and scribe, member of the learned Mac Fhir Bhisigh family in Connacht
Mac Fhir Bhisigh (Giolla Íosa) (fl. c. 1390–1418)
Mac Fir Bhisigh (Tomás Cam) (fl. c. 1400)
Irish scribe, son and assistant of Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh
Mac Síthigh (Robeartus) (fl. early 15th century)
Robeartus Mac Síthigh, Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
Magraidhin (Aughuistín) (fl. c.1349–d. 1405)
Irish chronicler and canon regular at the Augustinian priory of All Saints on Oileán na Naomh (Saints Island) in Lough Ree (Co. Longford).
Ó Cianáin (Ádam) (fl. 14th century)
Ádam Ó Cianáin of Lisgoole, Co. Fermanagh, Irish scribe. His obit is recorded in AFM s.a. 1374.
Ó Cianáin (Seáan) (d. c.1400)
Ó Cuindlis (Murchadh) (fl. c.1400?)
Murchadh (Riabhach) Ó Cuindlis, Irish scribe; pupil of Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh
Ó Cuirnín (Ádam) (fl. c. 1418)
Irish scribe, assistant of Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh.
Ó Droma (Solamh) (fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
Ó Dubhagáin (Seaán Mór) (d. 1372)
Irish poet and historian.
Ó Duibhgeannáin (Maghnus) (fl. early 15th century)
Irish scribe, known as one of the three that wrote parts of the Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12) under the tutelage of Domnall Mac Aedhagáin.
Irish scribe
Irish scribe and scholar of the Uí Léighin of Fermoy, whose scribal contributions include medicinal and astronomical texts.
Robert of Poppleton (fl. 14th century)
Carmelite friar, who had been a brother of the priory at York and later became prior of the Carmelite friary at Hulne, near Alnwick (Northumberland). He oversaw and probably contributed to the compilation of BNF lat. 4126, the so-called Poppleton manuscript.
