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MS A iv 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
743
A iv 3
Bardic Poetry.

17th cent. Paper. 6⅒ × 7 7/10 Pp. 618-878 (of which some are missing, leaving 236 pages in all). The scribe is the same throughout, though a slight change in style and ink is observable after …


MS B ii 1
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1216
ASTRONOMICAL AND MEDICAL

14-15th cent.? Vellum. 9⅛ × 11⅜ (pp. 23-32 smaller). Ff. 17, bearing a pencilled consecutive pagination, 1-[34], which ignores all chasms and errors in binding. A foliation, in a non-scribal hand and later ink, stands on lower …


MS B ii 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
741
DINNSHEANCHUS

14th, 15th, or 16th cent.? Vellum. 8½ + 10⅗. Ff.8 (numbered in pencil by the present cataloguer). Neither the scribe's name nor the date of writing is given. [As helps towards dating it may be noted that the scribe …


MS B iv 1 b
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1269
B iv 1 b
Miscellaneous

This is a miscellaneous collection of fragments of paper and vellum mss. taken for the most part from the covers of various mss. in the course of rebinding. The shelf numbers of the mss. in question …


MS B iv 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1080
B iv 2
Mainly Verse.

B iv 2. Mainly Verse.

17th cent. Paper. Ca. 7½ × 5⅘. Pp. 304, remounted and interleaved with thin white paper; foliation runs [a], 4-37, 40-72, 72-74, 77-81, 83-95, 101-119, 119 (2), 120-162. Part of ff. 36 …


MS C i 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1234
C i 2
Miscellaneous Prose

15-16th centt. (?). Vellum fragments, interleaved with paper. Ca. 5×4 (tiny folio inserted between ff. 41, 42 measures 3⅕ × 2⅒). Ff. 50 (inclusive of two vellum flyleaves formed from a fragment of a Latin ms. and …


MS C i 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
750
C i 3
Grammatical, etc.

16th cent.? (and 18th cent.). The ms. is divided into five sections, distinguished in this catalogue by the letters A, B, C, D and E. Sections A-C are vellum, D and E are paper. A (first …


MS C ii 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1235
C ii 2
Devotional Verse

15-16th centt. Vellum. Ff. 35 in entire ms. Flyleaves (paper) bear watermark "1807." The ms. consists of two distinct sections:—A. Ca. 8⅕ × 6. Ff. 25, foliated consecutively, partly in ink partly in pencil. This late …


MS C ii 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1218
C ii 3
Irish Grammatical Tracts.

16th cent. Vellum. The ms. (ff. 58 and four fragments) is composed of four distinct sections : A. 11¼ × 8½. Ff. 7, paginated 1-14 in pencil. Pp. 1-12 are a ternion, pp. 13, 14 a single …


MS C iii 1 (The Annals of Connacht)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
ANNALS OF CONNACHT

16th cent. Vellum. 11⅕ × 8; some folios smaller (see infra). Ff. 91. Miscellaneous documents (pp. 23, paper) of varying dimensions are now bound at the end of MS. (they lay loose in the MS. until 1935). These documents …


MS C iii 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1236
C iii 2
Amra Choluim Chille.

16th cent. Vellum. 10 × 7⅜. Ff. 13, numbered consecutively in pencil on recto, sup. marg. A pencilled pagination (ignored by the present cataloguer) stands on inferior margin. The foliation ignores the loss of a leaf …


MS C iii 3 (The Annals of the Four Masters)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1220
ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS

17th cent. Paper (watermark: vase with an s-shaped handle). 6¾ × 10½; some pp. slightly larger, owing to the fact that sections of the paper following fo. 195 (245) are untrimmed. Pp. 1044, now bearing a …


MS C iv 1 (c)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
540

153 r ° (damaged). Conaire Óg Úa Maolchonaire. Beandacht uaimse go hAilín, 25 qq. + 7 qq. (Inghean Chatoil Chrucahan Aoi). The series of poems, beginning here is quite distinct from the Maguire collection.

153 v °. A bhean sheinghlic lé leccthor gac …


MS C iv 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
466
C iv 2
Medical Treatises

16th cent. Vellum. Ff. 44, comprising four quires bound together as found, not in any consecutive order. Size: 5⅘ × 4⅕. Foliated in late hand. Bound in brown wooden boards, fastened together with three leather thongs. Ff …


MS C iv 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1192
C iv 3
Historical: Leabhar Gabhála.

17th cent. Paper. 12½ × 8; a great part of the ms. has been, however, cut down to slightly smaller dimensions. Ff. 241-296 are smaller than the rest. Fo. 121 is a mere slip. Pp. 594 …


MS D i 1
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1237
D i 1
Miscellaneous

This is a large volume, bound in calf, tooled (cover measuring ca. 21 × 14); inscribed on spine: "Irish MSS. Facsimiles. No. 65, Press I" (A former no. xx appears beneath the present no.) Stowe and Ashburnham Collections …


MS D i 2 (The Rule of St. Clare)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1221
RULE OF SAINT CLARE

17th cent. Paper. 3 × 3⅞. Pp. 356 (including flyleaves of original MS.), paginated recently, on recto only (inferior margin), in pencil, i- [xviii], the rest of MS. bearing old foliation 1-159. The last ten pp. of …


MS D i 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
539
LEBOR GABÁLA: GENEALOGICAL

14th (?), 17th, and 18th centt. A composite MS. of vellum and paper, containing at least four distinct sections: (a) Ca. 12 × 8. Ff. 6 (vellum). (b) 10 × 7½. Pp. 4. (c) 12 × 7. Pp. 30. (d) 11½ …


MS D ii 1 (Leabhar Ua Maine)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1225
D ii 1
Book of Hy Many

Late 14th cent. Vellum. Ca. 16½ × 10½ ; fo. 24 measuring 8½ × 5½, fo. 82, 15 × 6½. Of the original three hundred and sixty-eight leaves (see statement by Maelmuire Ó Huiginn, fo. 25, inf. marg …


MS D ii 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1222
D ii 2
Dindshenchas

16th cent. (?). Vellum. Ca. 11 × 8. Ff. 91, first three paginated, foliation 4—90 (with duplication of the number “33”) beginning with the fourth folio. Two unnumbered leaves (catalogued below as pp. [1] —[4]) are bound in …


MS D ii 3 (The Stowe Missal & Bookshrine)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1238
D ii 3
Liturgical

The Stowe Missal, D ii 3 (8-9 centt. (?), vellum, 5⅝ × 4½), contains, on ff. 65 v. – 67 v., material in Irish which may be noted briefly here. The ms. itself (for which see Kenney, Sources for the …


MS D iii 1
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
671
D iii 1
Lebor Gabala

15th cent. (?). Vellum, 11¼ × 8⅛. Ff. 15, foliated consecutively in pencil. Fo. 7 is shorter than the preceding leaves, and from this point on the leaves are of somewhat irregular length. The ms. is in a …


MS D iv 1
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
538
Lebor Gabála : Life of St. Cuimin

14-15th centt. Vellum. 12 × 8, but the folios are not wholly uniform in size. (Fo. 25 and ff. 26-35 vary slightly in dimensions.) Ff. 19, the first section being numbered 1-8 (in pencil) and …


MS D iv 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1223
Prose tales : Dindshenchas

15th cent. (?). Vellum and late paper. 11 × 8½ (vellum), ff. 45, 49, 50, 68, 69, 70 smaller; 9 × 6½ (paper). Ff. 89 (vellum) and pp. 6 (paper). Consecutive foliation, 1-89, in pencil, inferior margin (in M. E …


MS D iv 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1224
LEBAR GABÁLA

16th cent. Vellum. 7½ × 9½. Ff. 42 and one loose slip (1 × 7½) standing after fo. 5 and containing a fragment of text. The ms. has been clipped by a binder, with consequent damage to marginal notes. Previous …


MS D v 1
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
537
LEBOR GABÁLA

14th (?) cent. Vellum. Ca. 12 × 8. Ff. 10, numbered consecutively in pencil. fo. 10 is a single folio from a Latin liturgical text in black letter. With its conjugate, fo. 25 of the MS. D. IV. 1, it …


MS D v 2 (a)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
670
D v 2
Legal: Tract on Ogams

14th (?) and 19th centt. The ms. consists of three sections: (a) vellum, 7¾ × 8⅜; (5) paper, 12⅜ × 7½; (c) paper, 12f × 8. Thirteen vellum folios, numbered 64-66, 68, 70-75, 77-79 form section a (a …


MS E i 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
778
E i 3
The book of Clanranald (?): genealogical.

17th cent. Paper. (a) 5⅛ × 3; (6) 6 × 3⅝. Pp. 44, numbered 1-24, 1-20. The MS. is composed of two distinct portions of MS., the first portion bearing an earlier numeration. The MS …


MS E iv 3 (The Book of Ó Lochlainns)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
11
E iv 3
Book of Ó Lochlainns

18th cent. Paper. 12¼ × 8. pp. 280 numbered, with 8 unnumbered pp. at beginning and many more at end. Scribe: Aindrias Mac Cruitín, in Moyglass (Magh-ghlas), Co. Clare, in 1727 (v. pp. 1, 108 …


MS 3 B 22
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1226
DEVOTIONAL PROSE

15th cent. Vellum. 9 × 6¼, folios fairly uniform in size. Ff. 57, paginated in pencil, 1-114; an earlier pagination, identical with this, but faded, is that carried on to 3 B 23 (see infra). Pp. 53, 54 are …


MS 3 B 23
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1227
DEVOTIONAL PROSE

15th cent. Vellum. 9 × 6¼, folios fairly uniform in size. Ff. 41, paginated in pencil, 1 (earlier 115)-82 ([196]). The earlier pencilled pagination, given here in brackets, shows that this MS. and 3 B 22 were at …


MS 3 C 19
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
439
3 C 19
Medical.

16th and 18th cent. Paper. 10½ × 6¾. ff. x + 289 (double columns) [foliation skips number 258]. The original pagination has in many parts been cut away in binding, but the penultimate leaf is numbered 598-9, so that …


MS 12 R 33 (The Cathach)
Catalogue of Manuscript MS 12 R 33 in the Royal Irish Academy
© Pádraig P. Ó Néill, 2021
MS 12 R 33
The Cathach

The Cathach (battler), also known as The Psalter of St Columba (Colum Cille), is one of the oldest surviving manuscripts from Ireland, and although badly damaged, enjoys …


MS 23 A 4
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
469
23 A 4
Medical Treatises.

16th (?) and 17th cent. Paper. 5½ × 4½. Pp. 178 (but the pagination passes from 3 to 5 and omits two pages after 110 : consequently the last page is numbered 177). Halfbound in mottled boards. Former Academy …


MS 23 B 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
965
LIFE OF CHRIST

15th cent. Vellum. Ca. 7 × 5. Ff. 113, recently numbered 1-79, 79-112 (=113). this foliation ignores the folios which are wanting at the beginning of the MS. and the lacunae and errors of sequence from fo. 108 …


MS 23 D 2
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
132
23 D 2
Tecosca Cormaic ; Genealogies.

17th cent Paper. 5¼ × 3½. Pp. 30. Pagination (in later ink) starts at p. 2, and is sometimes in the middle or outer margin of the page where the bottom of page has been cut …


MS 23 D 4
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
5
23 D 4
Scholastic Verse

17th cent. Paper. 5¾ × 3½. pp. 408. Scribe unknown; his spelling shows him to have been a Munsterman. Faded and soiled in parts. There are gaps (not indicated in the pagination, which is of later date …


MS 23 D 14
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
1
23 D 14
Scholastic Verse

17th cent. Paper. 7⅖ × 5¾. Of the original ms. 132 pp. remain, numbered 5-142; by an error the pagination jumps from 133 to 136, and there are also some gaps, for which see below. Scribe's …


MS 23 D 43 (Icelandic Medical Manuscript)
Icelandic Medical Manuscript

Vellum. Last quarter of the 15th century. Ff. 74. No scribal signatures. Two main scribes: Scribe A (ff. 1-24, and Second Series ix-xxix); Scribe B (Primary Series ff. xxvi-52); with four assistant scribes and an interpolator. Described, edited and translated by Henning Larsen, An Old Icelandic medical …


MS 23 E 24

MS 23 E 25 (Leabhar na hUidhre)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
1229
LEBOR NA HUIDRE

11th-12th cent. Vellum. Ca. 11 × 8 (three intercalated leaves smaller). The MS. now consists of 67 leaves only, being but a fragment of the original MS. The pagination in Clarendon type given in the table of contents …


MS 23 E 29 (The Book of Fermoy)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1134
23 E 29
BOOK OF FERMOY

Mainly 15th cent. Vellum. Present size of leaves, with mounting, 11 3/10 × 9 3/10 (without mounting the original leaves measured about 7½ × 10, with variation). The ms. consists of 238 pp. These have …


MS 23 F 13

"Note that pagination in the images ([302]-[317]) corrects erroneous pagination ([301]-315) of RIA catalogue, below."

Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1217
23 F 13
Astronomical Tract

14-15th centt. ? Vellum. Ga, 10½ × 7½ Ff. 8, paginated [301]-315. The pagination is not contemporary with the ms …


MS 23 F 16 (The Book of O'Gara)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
2.
MS 23 F 16
Court Verse

17th cent. Paper. 10⅓ × 7¼. pp. 224, including 8 unnumbered pp. at the beginning (here referred to as i to viii), but excluding some blank unnumbered pp. inserted by the binder at beginning and end …


MS 23 F 19
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
473
23 F 19
Medical Treatises

15th cent. (f). Vellum. 11 3/10 × 8 3/10 Ff. 28, 5 blank white fly-leaves at beg., 8 at end, many leaves missing beginning and end, viz.: ff. 1 to 17, and ff. (as …


MS 23 F 21 (Butler Duanaire)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
998
23 F 21
Miscellaneous.

? cent. Vellum. Ca. 11 3/10 × 8⅕. Pp. 18, numbered regularly 1-17, [18]. There are no scribal signatures, but the ms. is the work of several hands. The main portion of this ms. ends imperfectly at p …


MS 23 H 19
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
446
23 H 19
Medical Treatises, Fragments.

15th cent. (?). Vellum. Ff. 15. 11¼ × 8. Bd. in terracotta boards : lettered "23 H 19, R.I.A." Before being bound (1931) the ms. was contained in a brown paper wrapper, inscribed "H. & S. MS …


MS 23 I 19
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
754
Medical Treatise

Late 16th (?) cent. Paper, ff. 90, 6¼ × 4⅞. The original numbering (which is followed in this description) shows that the ms. once contained at least 111 leaves. In its present condition ff. 1-6, 15-22, 55, 62, 70-72, 77 …


MS 23 K 32
Ó Cléirig: Leabhar Gabhala
617.

17th cent. Paper. 7⅜ × 5¼. Pp. 266, excluding pp. inserted by the binder. Foliated consecutively by scribe from third leaf of ms. on, 4 leaves being omitted by error from the foliation between ff. 92, 94. (Note that the foliation of the scribal index on …


MS 23 L 33
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
112
23 L 33
Miscellaneous Prose

18th cent. Paper. 7 9/10 × 6⅖. Pp. 68 + 5 blank leaves at beg. and 6 at end inserted by binder. From p. 55 to end was originally a different ms. Paginated at top to p …


MS 23 M 25
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
15
23 M 25
Tales.

The ten MSS. numbered 23 M 25 to 34 inclusive all form part of an original single MS., and hence it will be convenient to describe the whole series together. The present division, it would appear, originated …


MS 23 M 26
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
16
23 M 26
Miscellaneous.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

155. Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. A Chriost, a ríoghan na mbachall mblath. 9 stt.

155 i. Beith uath ailm déana. 611. On “ogham consoine.”

155 i. Ciarán. Sagart do bhí feacht …


MS 23 M 27
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
17
23 M 27
Miscellaneous.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

247. CEISNEAMH INGHINE GHUIL. Beg. Rígh fírean formdhlightheach sáorbhreathach saidhbhir sochineoil saoruasal soilbhir saoirbhéasach . . .

267 m. [Maghnus Ó Domhnaill]. Dar liom as galar an gradh. 3 qq.

267 i …


MS 23 M 28
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
18
23 M 28
Verse.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

271. Dáibhí Ó Bruadair’s letter in English (dated May, 1682) to Judge Geoffrey Keating; followed by (p. 274 m.) his poem, Searc na suadh an chrobhaing chúbhra, 40 qq …


MS 23 M 29
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
19
23 M 29
Verse.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

301. Tadhg mac Dáire Mic Bruaideadha. Teallach flathais fine Caoimh. 43 qq. (qq. 1-10 have been gone over in later ink). On Art (s. of Art) Ó Caoimh.

305. Oisín …


MS 23 M 30
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
20
23 M 30
Verse.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

349. “Calendar nó Prognosticatio ar na tarrang a hoibribh Ptolmeus ⁊ úghdar eile.” Beg. Tóirneach na maidne cómharrthaoighidh gaoth.

352 i. anon. A ógáin, ón a ógáin. 9 qq.

353 m …


MS 23 M 31
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
21
23 M 31
D. Ó Bruadair.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

493. Dáibhí Ó Bruadair. Iomdha sgéimh ar chur na cluana. 45 qq., with prose interspersed.

502 i. Gan fheirg an aghaidh an uilc, 1 q.

503. Dáibhí Ó …


MS 23 M 32
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
22
23 M 32
Genealogies.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

523. Biadhtach díobh shaoilios gur láir an luch, 1 st.

523. “Maoldíthre” (i.e. Maol-díthribh), and “Maoltamh- lachta” (i.e. Maol-ruain). Abair, a Mhaoil Tamhlachta. 9 qq.

524. Dáibhí Ó …


MS 23 M 33
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
23
23 M 33
Verse.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

557. Dáibhí Ó Bruadair. A Dhiarmuid, a chliamhuin sa chóguis. 33 + 2 stt.

559. Eochaidh Ó Heóghusa. Deacair ionnramh na hóige. 43 qq.

564. Ó Donnchadha an Ghleanna, .i. Séafra …


MS 23 M 34
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
24
23 M 34
Verse.

For description see 23 M 25.

p.

575. Más don uaisle an t-iarratas, 1 q.

575. Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh. Fuarus mian, ón fuarus mian. 6 qq.

575 i. idem. Sguir dod dhíomas, a dhuine. 13 qq …


MS 23 M 36
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
472
23 M 36
Medical Treatises

15th or 16th cent.? Vellum, much worn, the last leaves transparent. 7 × 5¾. Pp. 20, besides four blank leaves added by binder. Gilt-lettered, "Memb. ms. Hib. Tract. Med." Bd. in green linen, green leather back. Scribe …


MS 23 M 70

MS 23 N 8
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
560
23 N 8
Calendar

16th cent. (?). Vellum. Ca. 8-7⅗ × 5, interleaves ca. 8⅒ × 5½. Pp. 40, including interleaves and blank leaves at beginning and end, numbered, in pencil (with interleaves, etc.), in folios, 1-20. Ms. is for the most part …


MS 23 N 10 (bindings)
MS 23 N 10 (bindings)

MS 23 N 10 (order of binding)

MS 23 N 10 (correct order)

Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
967
Tales

16th cent. Vellum and paper. 8 × 5 ½, some leaves varying slightly in dimensions, some mere fragments preserved as insets in …


MS 23 N 16
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
449
23 N 16
Medical Treatises.

16th and 17th cent. Paper. 8 × 5¾, ff. 136. Half-bd. in boards, leather back, gilt-lettered on back, "Irish MS. Treatises on Medicine I." Sir William Betham’s book-plate inside cover. The leaves are numbered 3-138 ; the …


MS 23 N 17
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
996
23 N 17
Medical.

16th cent. Paper. Ca. 7¼ × 4½. Pp. 189; these have been numbered regularly by a later hand, but are not always in their proper order. This MS. is the work of 3 scribes : pt. i, pp.1-66 …


MS 23 N 29
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
467
23 N 29
Fragmentary Medical Treatises, etc.

16th to 18th cent. Paper, various sizes. Ff. 105. Bd. in brown leather boards, tooled and lettered on back, “Irish Medical mss. Fragments.” The volume is numbered throughout in a recent hand, according to …


MS 23 O 4
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
471
23 O 4
Medical, Religious, Miscellaneous

16th cent.? Vellum, average size 7¾ × 5½, but many leaves are smaller and of irregular shape. Pp. 58. The pagination goes wrong at p. 37, but the error is compensated at p. 43. Half-bound …


MS 23 O 6
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
464
23 O 6
Medical Treatises

Undated. Vellum. Pp. 40 (numbered 3-42). Bound in green linen bds., leather bk., gilt-lettered: "Tract. Med. MS. Hib. Memb." Old Acad. no. 6/4. On cover slip from secondhand cat: "A Vellum Book, 38 pages …


MS 23 O 19
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
142
23 O 19
Foras Feasa ar Eírinn

17th cent. Paper. 9 3/10 × 5⅘. Of the original MS. only 154 pp. now remain, foliated 90-125, 129-169 (but foliation is not always visible). The MS. is thus defective at the beginning …


MS 23 O 23
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
458
23 O 23
Materia Medica

15th cent. ? Vellum. 9¼ × 6¼. Pp. 42, rubricated. The parchment is much worn, especially behind illuminated capitals. Half-bound in brown boards; leather back, not lettered. Scribe unknown : no indications of place or date. Former Academy number …


MS 23 O 48 (a) (Liber Flavus Fergusiorum: Part I)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
476
23 O 48
Liber Flavus Fergusiorum

15th cent. Vellum. Ca, 11 × 8 (vol. i, ff. 3, 12, 23 being mere slips of vellum). Of the original ms., 92 ff. remain, bound in two volumes, the first containing 37, the second 55 …


MS 23 O 48 (b) (Liber Flavus Fergusiorum: Part II)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
476
23 O 48
Liber Flavus Fergusiorum

15th cent. Vellum. Ca, 11 × 8 (vol. i, ff. 3, 12, 23 being mere slips of vellum). Of the original ms., 92 ff. remain, bound in two volumes, the first containing 37, the second 55 …


MS 23 P 2 (The Book of Lecan)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
535
23 P 2
Book of Lecan

Early 15th cent. Vellum. 11 7/9 × 8⅜. Of the original ms. 311 leaves remain, nine of which are now known as T.C.D. H. 2. 17 (no. 1319), pp. 172-187, 192-3 (ff …


MS 23 P 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1242
23 P 3
Féilire Beag: Law

15th cent, (in part). Vellum. The volume consists of three fragments of manuscript, which were originally entirely independent of one another; their contents, the quality of the vellum, and the character of the handwriting are …


MS 23 P 6 (The Annals of the Four Masters)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
687
23 P 6
Annals of the Four Masters

17th cent. Paper, except two folios in vellum. Average measurement 9 × 6, inserted into leaves 13½ × 7 7/10; vellum leaves, 11 × 7. Ff. 287 numbered 1-34, after which come the two vellum …


MS 23 P 7 (The Annals of the Four Masters)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
688
23 P 7
Annals of the Four Masters

17th cent. Paper. 9 × 6 (average measurement) inserted into leaves 13½ × 7 7/10 Ff. 293, numbered 1-293. Scribes: Míchél Ó Cléricch, Cúcoigriche Ó Cléricch, and Conaire Ó Cléricch, Dún na nGall, 1632-1636 …


MS 23 P 10 (i)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
452
23 P 10 i
Medical Treatises

15th cent. Vellum. Large folio, 13½ × 8⅘. Pp. 46. Half-bound in leather, gilt-lettered on back : "Medical Tracts Royal Irish Academy." Names of scribes unknown. Former Acad. no. 209, marked in pencil on flyleaf. Consists of …


MS 23 P 10 (ii) (The Book of The O'Lees or The Book of Hy Brasil)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
453
23 P 10 ii
Medical Treatises

15th cent.? Vellum. 13½ × 9. 92 pp. Name of scribe unknown. On p. 47 is written the name "P. Lee." Old Acad. no. 212. Known as the "Book of the O'Lees" or "of Hy Brasil …


MS 23 P 10 (iii)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
456
MEDICAL TREATISE

15th cent.? Vellum. 14 × 10. Pp. 70. Scribe unknown. Former owner: Searga O Conuill (p. 47). Old Academy no. A 3. Paginated in later hand, much worn at margins; pp. 1 to 5 have suffered especially; pp. 19 …


MS 23 P 12 (The Book of Ballymote)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
536
23 P 12
Book of Ballymote

14th-15th cent. Vellum. 15¼ × 9¾ (some leaves cut smaller, notably ff. 89, 248, 267, [275]). Ff. 251, excluding binder's blank leaves. A pagination in ink (inferior margin), beginning with binder's fly leaves and evidently …


MS 23 P 16 (An Leabhar Breac)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1230
23 P 16
An Leabhar Breac

Early 15th cent. Vellum. Ca. 15 × 10 (pp. 57, 58, 15 × 3½; pp. 185, 186, 7 × 9¾; pp. 199, 200, 6¾ × 9¾). For convenience of reference, the pagination given in this catalogue is that of …


MS 23 P 20
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
457
23 P 20
Rosa Anglica, in Irish

16th cent. (?) Vellum. 13½ × 9½ Pp. 44. Scribe unknown. Bound in rough black boards, black leather back, gilt lettering: "23 P 20, Irish medicine. MS. Royal Irish Academy." A docket marked "no. 1268 …


MS 23 P 24
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
138
23 P 24
Life of Red Hugh O'Donnell

17th cent. Paper. 7¼ × 5½. Pp. 170 (excluding pp. inserted by the binder), foliated 1-85. Comparison with the MS. 23 N 28 shows that this ms. is the work of the same gifted …


MS 23 P 26 (The Book of Fenagh)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
479
23 P 26
Leabhar Chaillín (Book of Fenagh)

Early 16th cent. Vellum. Ca. 11⅘ × 9 (margins of ff. 38, 39, 40, 42, 45 clipped). Of the original ms. 41 ff. remain. The following numerations stand on the ms. : (a) recto …


MS 23 Q 5
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
459
23 Q 5
Materia Medica.

Undated. Vellum. 9-9½ × 6. Pp. 54. Old Academy no. 222 (H. & S., vol. iii, p. 91). Half-bound, green cloth boards, leather back, lettered gilt : "Med. antiq. Ling. Hib. MS. Memb." Beg. imperfect in middle of art …


MS 23 Q 6
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
1243
23 Q 6
Law

15th and 16th centt. Vellum. Ca. 10⅕ × 6⅗ (pp. 1-4, 31-2, 39-40, 41-2, 53-6 smaller than the rest). Ff. 28, paginated 1-56, a late foliation, occurring on initial folios only, being cancelled. The ms. is a …


MS 23 Q 10
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1233
23 Q 10
An Leabhar Donn

15th cent. Vellum. 10⅗ × 7⅕ (ff. 35-49: 9⅗ × 6⅗), Ff. 49, bearing a late foliation 1-49, and an unnumbered fragment (see infra). The ms. is a composite one, containing sections of various provenance—e.g …


MS 23 Q 16
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
89
23 Q 16
Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh

16th (?) cent. Vellum. 10⅘ × 8 (many of the ff. are smaller, the margins having been cut away). Of the original ms. 33 ff. remain, now paged consecutively, in pencil, 1-66.

Scribe: Michal mac Concub[air …


MS 24 B 3
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
445
24 B 3
Medical Treatises

15th and 16th cent. Vellum ff. 64, pp. 128 + 2 fly-leaves ; 8 to 8½ × 5¼; partly paginated in late hand in pencil. Two pages following p. 90 were at first omitted, and afterwards numbered 90a …


MS 24 L 6
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
8
24 L 6
Devotional Verse.

17-18th centt. Paper. 8 × 5¾ (pt. 1); 7 3/10 × 5⅗ (pt. 2). pp. 68. Scribes : (1) pp. 1-60, Eóghan Ó Caoimh(v. pp.2, 37, 58); (2) pp. 61-67, unsigned, but a comparison with other …


MS 24 P 1
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1228
24 P 1
Devotional Prose

15th cent. Vellum. Ca. 10¼ × 7½. Ff. 36, now paginated in ink, or pencil, or both, 1-72. This pagination is very late, as it ignores the fact that the ms. wants some folios at the beginning …


MS 24 P 8
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
752
24 P 8
Grammatical

17th cent. Paper. 5½ × 6¾. Pp. 256. Main scribe unidentified (no date; no colophon). On pp. 1, 49, 50, 245, 248-254, 256, left blank by the original scribe, "Geffry Ó Donnoghue" (fl. 1667 : see p. 245) and …


MS 24 P 14
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy
443
Lilium Medicinae

16th cent. Paper, pp. 328. Folio (11 × 7½). Scribe : Corc og O Cadhla. Dated 1577-8; see below. Places : Teagh na Ronna = Tinnaranny, Co. Kilkenny; Grainseach na Manach (probably = Graigue na Manach); and Lis Ailleacain (= Lissalican, St. Mullins Lr …


MS 24 P 15
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
444
24 P 15
Medical Treatises

15th and 16th cent. Paper, 11 × 7½, pp. 194. Bd. in half vellum, back gilt, not lettered. Reeves mss. no. 834. Scribes : Cairbre Ó Cennamhain and Corc Ó Cadhla. The former wrote in, 1478 at Ros …


MS 24 P 23
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
43
24 P 23
Foras Feasa ar Eírinn

17th cent. Paper. 10½ × 6½. pp. 414; the old pagination, 1-391, begins with book I of the text (= later p. 25), skipping the no. ‘216.’ Scribes unknown; (1) pp, 7-302, dated 1641 ( p …


MS 24 P 25 (Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
475
24 P 25
Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne

16th cent. Vellum. 14¼ × 8½ (ff. 79-81 : ca. 12 × 8). Ff. 80, numbered 1-6, 8-23, 26-81, foll. by two unnumbered folios from another ms. (recent pencilled pagination is given below after the ms. foliation). The …


MS 24 P 26
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in The Royal Irish Academy
474
24 P 26
Medical Treatises

15th cent. Vellum. Quarto. 8 × 5½. Ff. 246. Scribe: Donnchadh óg O Híceadha : dated 1469 (pp. 143, 352). Bd. in white vellum, gilt; no lettering on back. 11 flyleaves front and back. Ms. consists of …


MS 24 P 33 (Leahbar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe)
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Royal Irish Academy
1076
24 P 33
Historical: Leabhar Chloinne Aodha Buidhe

17th cent. Paper. Pp. 1-240, 11½ × 6⅘, pp. 241 ff., ca. 11½ × 7¼. Pp. 322, excluding flyleaves, numbered regularly at foot in pencil. Another irregular pencilled numbering, mainly by folio, beg. p. 43 …


MS 24 Q 23 (The Domhnach Airgid)