Manuscripts
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Bale (John) (1495–1563)
English protestant churchman; bishop of Ossory (1552/3); antiquarian and collector of manuscripts; author of a number of polemical plays, such as Kynge Johan, and an autobiographical work called The Vocacyon of Johan Bale.
Gruffydd (Elis) (c.1490–1552)
Welsh administrator and soldier as well as a chronicler and translator, who is probably known for having compiled an extensive Welsh-language chronicle of world history.
Gutun Owain (fl. second half of the 15th century)
Gutun Owain (Gruffudd ap Huw ab Owain), Welsh poet and scribe
Gwilym Tew (fl. c.1460–1480)
Welsh poet and copyist from Glamorgan.
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.
Mac an Leagha (Uilliam) (fl. 15th century)
Irish author, translator and scribe
Mac Aodhagáin (Conall) (fl. 15th/16th century?)
Irish scribe.
Mac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh) (fl. 15th century)
Irish scribe.
Mac Aodhagáin (Seán) (fl. 15th century)
Irish scribe responsible for the literary miscellany in RIA D iv 2, ff. 74-89r.
Mac Dhuibhne (Uilliam) (fl. 15th c.)
Irish scholar and scribe who adapted Innocent III’s tract De contemptu mundi in Irish.
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).
Archdeacon of Clogher, known for his scribal work in manuscripts of the Annals of Ulster.
Ó Callanáin (Aonghus) (fl. 15th century)
Aonghus (Aonghas) Ó Callanáin, Irish scribe, responsible for writing parts of the Book of Lismore for his patron, Fínghin Mac Carthaigh Riabhach of Cairbre (Co. Cork). His transcriptions include texts of the Acallam bec and Suidiugud tellaig Temra.
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 (Maoílechlainn) (fl. late 15th century)
Irish scribe responsible for Dublin, King's Inns, MS 12-13 (c. 1491/2), a compilation of classical Greco-Roman tales in Irish
Ó Cianáin (Seáan) (d. c.1400)
Ó Cléirigh (Giolla Riabhach mac Tuathail) (fl. 15th/16th century)
Irish scribe, son of Tuathal son of Tadhg Cam Ó Cléirigh. He is the main scribe of the miscellany Harley MS 5820 and Rawlinson MS 514 containing Maghnus Ó Domhnall’s Life of Colum Cille. His own floruit cannot be pinned down with any precision but his father is kown to have died in 1512.
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 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 and scholar of the Uí Léighin of Fermoy, whose scribal contributions include medicinal and astronomical texts.
Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muirgheas mac Pháidín) (d. 1543)
Muirgheas mac Pháidín Uí Maoil Chonaire, of Cluain Plocáin, scribe and compiler of the Book of Fenagh (RIA MS 23 P 26).
Important learned family of poets, historians and scribes based in Connacht.
Ó Rigbardáin (Tadhg) (fl. late 15th century)
Irish scribe
Siancyn ap Dafydd ap Gruffudd (fl. 15th century)
Welsh scribe who was active in or near Cwm Tawe (the Swansea valley).
