CollectionUniversity College Dublin
LocationDublin, Ireland
ShelfmarkMS A 12
LanguagesIrish; ga
Date created1500-1599
Pagination42 pp.
SubjectGlossaries
ProvenanceWritten by various hands: 'Missi Cumuman do scrib in col sin for lio(p)or [. . .]hail' at p. 6 i (page torn).The initial intention of the Irish Franciscans at Louvain, Belgium in the early seventeenth century to collect the lives of the saints developped into a major historical and genealogical project which involved locating, collecting, and transcribing materials on the secular and ecclesiastical history of Ireland. Dispersal of the original and much larger collection of Irish and Latin manuscripts from Louvain began in the late eighteenth century with the French revolution. The collection was moved for safekeeping to St Isidore's College, Rome in 1792 where it remained until 1872 when it was moved to the Franciscan Friary at Merchants' Quay Dublin, again for safe-keeping, then to Section A (hence the name) of the newly established Franciscan Library at Dún Mhuire, Killiney in 1946, and, finally to University College Dublin in November 2000.
CoverageBelgium; Italy; Dublin
MaterialPaper
BindingsCover similar to those of A 10, etc. 'MSS., A 12, O.S.F.' on spine and 'Cormac's Glossary' on front cover, both in gilt lettering.
ContributorsFranciscan Archives, 1792-2000; UCD, 2000
Dimensions10.2" x 6.7"
Online since2004
Notes42 pp., interleaved and numbered 1-41, the last page being unnumbered. Double columns, about 37 lines to column. Many spaces left blank for ornamental initials.
RightsCopyright University College Dublin; Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.
DescriptionUCD MS A 12 is a Gaelic manuscript, possibly from the 16th century. Written in Gaelic on paper by various hands, it contains a copy of Cormac's Glossary and O'Mulconry's Glossary. Part of the Franciscan Collection previously kept at the Franciscan College, Louvain; St. Isidore's College, Rome, 1792; Franciscan Friary, Merchant's Quay, Dublin, 1872; Franciscan Library, Dún Mhuire, Killiney, Co. Dublin, 1946 and, from November 2000 University College Dublin.
ReferencesCormac's Glossary, ed. by W. Stokes from LB, Three Irish glossaries (London and Edinburgh 1862); K. Meyer, from YBL, with v. 11. from other MSS, Anecdota from Ir. MSS 4 (1912). This MS was not known to Meyer. Text agrees closely with his edition, and may derive from YBL. O'Mulconry's Glossary. Beg. [I]ncipit discreptio [altered from discrepsio] de origine scoticae linguae. Breaks off with p. 42 arindi folongat na mna cach altram foro arightibh (=no. 113 of Stokes' edition, ACL 1 (1900) 232 ff., from YBL). This MS presents no important variants.
