MS 4190-4200 (KBR (Royal Library of Belgium))

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Irish Language in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België

4 KBR MS 4190-4200; Cat. No. 3409

Lives of Saints

Summary particulars

17^th cent. Paper. Ff. 288. Present continuous foliation is modern, replacing that of scribe which began at f. 6 (formerly ‘1’). 25 gatherings (nos. 3, 5-19, 21-23 senions). Dimensions: height (variable) 190-200 mm × width (variable) 150-155 mm. The manuscript was written for the most part at the convent of the Donegal Franciscans at Drobhaois in January-March 1629 (colophons ff. 33v, 94v, 116r, 128r, 142r, 153v, 170v, 193v, 223r, 263v, 278 v), there also in 1627 (ff. 270 r, 271v), 1628 (f. 46r; also f. 38v location unspecified), and perhaps there also in 1635 (f. 279 v, location unspecified). Ff. 48r-58v were written at Ath Cliath in1628 (colophon f. 58v). It is almost entirely in the hand of Míchél Ó Cléirigh with scribal signatures occurring at ff. 31v, 87v, 94v, 128r, 142r, 193r, 201v, 263v, 279v. Occasional entries occur in hands I identify by reference to other sources, viz.: (1) Fr Antonius O’Doherty, d. 1680, ff. 2r, 91v (top margin); (2) Fr John Colgan, d. 1658, ff. 1v, 92v (left margin), 155r (lower margin, 5 lines), 287r, 288r; (3) Fr Hugh Ward, d. 1635, ff. 94v, 265r (Latin index); (4) Fr Thomas O’Sheeran, d. 1683, ff. 281rv, 287v. The hand of ff. 59r-68r is unidentified.

Previous description: J. van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique 7 vols. (Bruxelles 1901-07) V, p. 381-84.

Index of contents

Abbreviations used are as follows:

BNÉ: C. Plummer, Bethada Náem nÉrenn. Lives of Irish saints. 2 vols. (Oxford 1922)
IL: C. Plummer, Irish litanies, HBS vol. 62 (London 1925)
MHH: C. Plummer, Miscellanea hagiographica Hibernica (Bruxelles 1925)
VSH: C. Plummer, Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae, 2 vols. (Oxford 1910)
Lismore L.: W. Stokes, Lives of saints from the Book of Lismore (Oxford 1890)

1r . Stamp of ‘Bibliothèque de Bourgogne/ Bibliotheque Royale’. Slip (6 × 12 cms) glued to page with note as follows: ‘Beneditiones ordinariae (cancelled) extraordinariae centum. 200/ ex quibus expensae sunt duae -2-.’

1v . Rough index (mainly in Irish). Headed ‘Féch clár oile fol. 258 [= 265 r]’. Begins Bladh do bethaidh Brighde fol. 1 per cap 65 usque fol. 26. Ends Dallán cc. Amra Seanain 269 sequuntur usque ad finem varia miracula.

2r . Alphabetical index of contents (Latin). ‘Index contentorum in hoc libro / numeri foliorum incipiunt post novem folia’. Begins S. Adamnani carmina de Reliquiario fol. 26 inde ad fol. 29 particula vite eius. Ends f. 2v4 De Suaniachiae filiis, et de S. Mochudda, quaedam fol. 265 ad 268. Remainder of page blank.

3r - 5v . Blank.

6r . [BETHA BRIGHDE] ‘Bladh bhecc do bethaid & dfertoibh naemh Brighde sunn. An ced cuid don bethaid as leabar Meg Niallgusa [written above:.i. Bhrian] do sgriobadh. & an cuid ele as leabur meamraim [ writing continued in right margin here] do sgriobhatur muinter Cianain, do sgriobadh gach a ffuil sunna’. Cap. 1-65 (cap. 41-56 include headings). Begins Is iad so an lucht lenaitt an t-uan neimheillnidhe gibe conair deach .i. Eoin mc Zebedei bronndalta Iosa comharba na hoighe is e ro scriobh na briathraso gur fhaccaibh i ccuimhne lasin eacclais do neoch rainicc. Includes verse at f. 27r Bricchitt be bitmaith [6 qq., with glosses]. Ends f. 30v i., ⁊ ata a corp sunn i ttalmain go nonoir ⁊ go nairmhittin moir ⁊ gidh mor a hairmittin go leicc bidh mo a honoir acc Dia allo mordhala bratha. Finis. (Cf. D. Ó hAodha, Bethu Brigte (Dublin 1978), pp. xxviii- ix (notice of this MS), 5-6 (text of cap. 15-16 from this MS).)

31r . Reliquary of Adamnán. ‘Don scrín Adhamhnán cc’ (heading added). Preface ‘Ba hamhra in ti Adamnán. ba mór serce mo Dia ⁊ mo chobhnessamh. Is lais ro teclomtha in mor martra naem in oenscrin & isí an scrin sin do ratt Cillini Droichtech mac Dichlocha do chum Erenn do denamh síd ⁊ cottaig Cenel Conaill ⁊ Eoghain is e inso lin na martra ut Adamnanus .cc.’A maccucain is sruith in tiagh (gl. ‘.i. in scrín’) · not gaibi fort muin [19 qq.]. Ends f. 31v m. (Copy collated for editions by L. Gwynn, Archivium Hibernicum 4 (1915), 199- 214 (212-3) and J. Carney, ‘A maccucáin, sruith in tíag’, Celtica 15 (1983), 25-41.) (Another copy, MS 1 f. 83r.) Subscribed f. 31v17-18, ‘As sencairt dhubh dhoirche meamruim do bhenus an beccán sin chum gloire Dé (‘na naomh’ added above) ⁊ onóra dAdhamnan. .27. Febru. 1629. Meisi Mícel bocht’.

32r . Story of Adamnán and Írgalach. Begins Kalainn [space left] isin mbliadain so do rala eter Irgalach mac Conaing & Adamnán ar sargadh Adamnain do Irgalach im marbhadh Neill a bhrathar dó ar comairce Adomnain. Ends 32v m., Ruccadh fo cettoir ar sain in mac & is amhlaidh ro baoí, ⁊ se leth caoch ⁊rl. (Another copy,9 p. 27, ed. J. N. Radner Fragmentary annals of Ireland (Dublin 1978), 46-48, 190).

32v m. Episode concerning Adamnan. Begins Kalainn anno domini dccclxxxxiii sin bliadain so ro faemhsatt fir hErenn oensmacht & oenriaghail do ghabail o Adamnan. Ends f. 33v m., ⁊ ni ro gabadh uadh in taensmacht sain na Cascc ⁊ an cornaighthi conicce an mbliadain si anno domini dccclxxxxíii [space left]. lxx.iiii eatatis [leg. aetatis] suae. Subscribed f. 33v, ‘As seinscreaptra do sheinlebar iris le Flann mac Cairpre mic Aedhagain do scriobhus an da Kalainn sin benas le hAdamnan an cedna cur ⁊ do sccriobhas don dala cur so i ttigh na mbratar ag Drobhaois. 20. Feb. 1629.’

34r . BETHA ADAMNAIN. Begins Accinge sicut uir lumbos tuos. (‘Iob 38’ in margin) In spirut naem an spiorat dorosce cech spiorut. Cap. 1-14. Ends f. 38 vi, ind aentaidh as uaisle cech naentaidh inde aentaidh na naebhtrinóitte, Athar Maic ocus Spirta Náemh. Ailim trocaire De tre impidhe Adhamnain co roisem ind aéntaidhsin in scecula sceculorum amen. (Ed. R. I. Best, ‘Betha Adamnáin’, Anecdota from Irish Manuscripts II (1908), 10-19; M. Herbert, P. Ó Riain, Betha Adamnáin: the Irish Life of Adamnán, ITS vol. 54 (London/Cork 1988).) Subscribed ‘Finis. 6. Maij.1628’.

39r . FIS ADAMNAIN. Begins Is uasal & is adamraicchthi in Coimdiu na ndula & is mor, & is machtaigthe a nert, & a chumhachta. Ends f. 46r i., flaith uasal adhamra aererda co suthi co solsi co mbolud tiri lain hi fail aerer cech maithiusa. (Cf. MHH 198, no. 68; R. I. Best, O. J. Bergin, Lebor na Huidre. Book of the Dun Cow (Dublin 1929) 67-76 (ff. 27^a - 31^b) (= source); compare J. Carey, Apocrypha Hiberniae II: Apocalyptica II. Corpus Christianorvm Series Apocryphorum, vol. 21 (Turnhout 2019), 17-171 (present copy not consulted).) Subscribed ‘Finis sliocht Liubair na hUidre innsin / ag Drobaois 01. Maii. 1628’.

46v . Scribal note (added) on Cáin Adamnáin (5 ll.). ‘Ata cain Adhamnain agam (amhail ro shaer mná ar fhecht, ⁊ sluaigeadh, ⁊ o gach moghsaine), ⁊ da rabhtai aga hiarraidh cuiridh fios cugam ar a cenn, ⁊ is aire atú agá congbail an tanso degla nach budh eidir do Bhaothghalach ona sduider aire do thabairt di & a muinighin go ffaicfinn Flann mac Cairpre Mic Aedhagain da fhechain an ccuirfeadh urlannacha ar na neithibh cruaidhe bhenas le breithemhnas filet innte’. (Cf. 1, f. 81r.)

47 . Blank.

48r . GEINEAMAIN MOLLINCC & a BHETAE. Begins Bai brucchaid cetach amra irdairc comhrach i llergaibh na luachra luchtmaire. Cap. 1-19, prose and verse. (F. 50r Canas tainic mopa [5 qq.]; f. 53r Saele Muri saele Dé [5 qq.]; f. 54r Ben an tsair · ima ndéntar an cró cail [5 qq.]; f. 54v ‘Conadh and atbert Molling’, A ben graic is gracdha sin [4 qq.]; f. 55r Eolchaire nom geibh · eter na da sliabh [4 qq.]; f. 56v A Brigitt cuimnigh ar Christ an cobair [4 qq.]; f. 58r Pater noster ar domthá · fris na huile eccrotha [12 qq.].) Ends f.58v i. iar nalmsain iar nurnaidhe, iar comhlantius cacha maithiusa isin dara blíadain ochtmogat a áeisi finis. (Ed. W. Stokes, ‘The birth and life of St. Moling’, Revue Celtique 27 (1906), 257-305; cf. idem, ‘Notes on the Birth and Life of St. Moling’,Revue Celtique 28 (1907), 70-72.) (Another copy, 9 p. 58.) Subscribed ‘In Ath Cliath do scriobad as leabur Tighe Molling. & leiccim mirbuile Moling atá i lLaidin i muinigin na mbrathar cCleirigh cidh im Cleirechsa fein .15. Iuil .1628.’

59r . [VITA SANCTI MOLING.] ‘Molingus Episcopus Fearnensis’ (heading added). Title: ‘Incipiunt quaedam miracula de mirabilibus sancti Molling episcopi & confessoris & prophetae’. Begins De australi Laginiensium plaga quae dicitur Cinsealach et ipsa est illustrior Laginiensibus pars. Inde iam regnum eorum taliter regnatur de plebe scilicet Vdegha quae est in orientali Cinsealach parte contra mare. Cap. [1]-34. Ends f. 68r, Cui est honor et gloria atque potestas, cum Deo patre in vnitate Spiritus sancti, in seculorum secula. Amen. Hoc opus perfecit dominus in honore sancti sancti [sic] Molling episcopi et confessoris et prophetae. Explicit hic tratatus. (For comment on this copy, see VSH I, pp. lxxxi-lxxxii.)

68v - 70v . Blank.

71r . BETHA BERAIGH. Begins Ego sitienti dabo de fonte aquae vitae gratis .i. An tí shanntaighes in fhirinne do bérsa dó ind ascuidh do topur in uiscce bhíi. Cap. 1-30. Ends f. 87 v, Ailim trocaire Mic De uile cumachtaigh tre impidhe naemh Beraigh dá ffuil líth ⁊ foraithmet in eccailsibh úaisle imdha isin laithesi corisam coro airiltnigeam, ⁊ co ro aitreabam in riced in scecula sceculorum amen. Finis. (Ed. BNÉ I, 23-43.) Subscribed ‘Slicht droichleabhair shenda mheambruim le cloinn Briain oig Uí Máolconaire innsin. a cconveint na mbrathar ag Drobhaois. 6. Februarii. 1629. An brathair bocht Míchél O Cleirigh ro sgriobh’.

88r . BETHA GHREALLAIN (heading added). Begins In aimsir Lucchaidh mic Laegaire mic Neill, tainic torann adhbalmór i nellaibh nimhe, & a fraightibh na firmamenti go cclos fo Eirinn uile an torannsin. Cap. 1-4, prose and verse. (F. 90v13 Mor mo cháin ar cloinn Maine [12 qq.].) Ends f. 91r i., Conadh tathbeoughadh Eogain Sreibh meic Duach Galach, ⁊ toidhecht Maineach a hUltaibh, ⁊ dílgenn na naitech thuath (‘no Fer mBolcc’ written above ) ⁊ betha Grellain go nuicce sin. Finis. (Cf. R. Sharpe, Medieval Irish saints’ Lives. An Introduction to Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae (Oxford 1991), 39 n. 2 (comment) .) Subscribed ‘Asan leabhar do sccriobh Brian Ó Corcrain don athair Donnchadh Máguidir do scriobhadh an slicht sin anuas ar Greallan. Ag Drobhaois .12. Febru .1629.’

91v . BETHA FARANNAIN. (Preceded by marginal note, later hand, ‘Lege primò quinque verba post finem vitae’.) Begins Tiondsccantar annso betha Fharannain uasail iolcraibthigh .i. mac rioghdha réimdírech creadhal, cánónta coisreccta, Cuinn mic Colgan mic Aodha mic Finnbhairr mic Eogain mic Neill Naoígíallaigh. Cap. 1-6. Ends f. 94v m. , ⁊ ro ceangail All fíorálainn Farannáin ris & ata mar sin o sin ille. Conadh hí betha Farannain go nuiccesin. (Note follows in later hand, ‘as lía a gó inás a fíor’.) (Ed. C. Plummer, ‘Betha Farannáin’, Anecdota from Irish manuscripts III (1910), 1-7.) Subscribed ‘As leabhran mheic Seaáin charraigh Í Maonaigh .i. comarba Farannain do sccriobadh an betha sin Farannain. Do shliocht Dathi mc Fiachrach an Séaan sin amail dearbhus a gheinelach atá sccriobhtha ina leabur féin. A tigh na mbratar ag Drobaois ro sccriobhadh. 13. Febru. 1629. Meisi Míchel bocht bratha[i]r’.

95 . Blank.

96r . BETHA MOLAISSI. Begins Araile érlamh uasal adhamraighthe saerchlannda soicheinéulachdo úa ríoghraidh (written above: oirdeirc ollbladaigh Uladh) cheindfhind cumachtaigh Chaisil do chaitheastair a chorp ⁊ a cholainn le crabhadh. Cap. 1-35 (‘32-35’ formerly numbered ‘XLl-XLIII’). Prose and verse. (f. 96r Uasal Molaise mírbhuilech [1 q.]; f. 96ri. Mochen aoighe ilbuadhach [4 qq. (written as prose)]; f. 96vi. Amarach da mbere mac [5 qq.]; f. 97r12, Epscop Eocha ainglidhe [1 q.], l. 17 Amail asberar sin salm (written above: ‘.i. ex ore infantium et lactantium’) [1 q.]; f. 97v In tí thóicébhus é féin [1 q.], l. 9 Ar dia dobeiredh do bhochtaib [1 q.]; 98rCorgus do Mholaisi is da manchaibh [3 qq.]; f. 98v Fecht do Molaisi nar car bais [6 qq.]; f. 99r (written as prose)Tréidhenas troiscthi toghnamaigh [17 ll.]; 99r i. Teidm gabhaidh nac galar gránna [6 qq.]; f. 99vi. Caecc mainnenn tucc Molaisi [3 qq.]; f. 100v 1Duile Dé · ag riar Molaisi fa glan gne [3 qq.]; f. 100v i. Dia raibhe Molaisi sa mhanaigh [6 qq.]; 101rDo rad in t-éun a eite [1 q.], f. 101v 19Fáiltighim fios fírinneach [15 ll.]; f. 102r m. Gein buadha at it broinn a bhen [12 qq.]; f. 103r Da naemh décc do hoirdnedh tall [5 qq.]; f. 104r Tarla coccadh cruaidh gan cert [23 qq.]; f. 105v Tangator apstail na hErenn [7 qq.]; f. 106r Daiminis inis na ndamh [6 qq.]; f. 106v Magh carna conair na ccétt [9 qq.]; f. 107r16 Dál daoine chugainne anocht [5 qq.]; f. 107v Ailim th’itche a Mhaedhóig mais [5 qq.]; f. 110r 6 Mochen Molaise miorbuilech [15 ll.], f. 110v 13Sccéla Molaisi luaiter lind [30 qq.]; f. 112v3 Fofrithe ferann fuaramar [7 qq.]; f. 114r Dá apstal x innsi Fáil [18 qq.].) Ends f. 116r Buadhach in tres tuccsabhair [1 q., text breaks off in l. 4]. (Cf. MHH 194, no. 55.) Subscribed (lower margin) ‘Sliocht sheinleabair I Mighigein ⁊ sheinleabair I Caiside innsin ar na sgriobadh i ccoinveint na mbratar ag Drobhaois. 24. Ianuarii. 1629.’

116v . Blank.

117r . BETHA LAISRE. Begins Boi ri amhra oireghdha in Eoghanacht Locha na nAirni .i. Ninnidh mac Aedha mic Muircertaigh mic Feargusa. Cap. 1-16, prose and verse. (F. 120r Lasair inghen Ronáin réidh · a bhannaomh uasal aigmheil [4 qq.]; 120v 11 Ba maith mo shé seathracha [4 qq.]; f, 121v Lasair inghen Ronáin réidh · mac Ninnidh mc Aodha fhéil [4 qq]; f.125r 11 Ro bennachsa & Rónan [8 qq.]; 127v i. Do bhennaigh Lasair an áigh [3 qq.].) Ends f. 128r5. (Copy collated for edition by L. Gwynn, ‘The Life of St. Lasair’, Ériu 5 (1911) 73-109 (104-07).) Subscribed in lower margin: ‘An brathair bocht Micheul O Cleirigh ro aithscriobh an blodh sin do bethaid Lasra ar slicht Chon Coiccriche mc Tuatail buide I Duibhgennain, i ttigh na mbratar ag Drobaois .26. Ianuarii .1629.’

128v . Blank.

129r . BETHA NAILE. Begins Ri ro gabastair flaithes & forlamhas for dá cóicceadh Muman fecht naill .i. Aengus mac Nad Fraich mic Cuirc. Cap. 1-18, prose and verse. (Verse includes: f. 129r 16Aisling at connarc gan col [8 qq.]; f. 130r i. Mo chen do thecht budh dhes [8 qq.]; f. 131r i. Mall thimtecht ar tteacht ar séd [6 qq.]; f. 132v A Naile s nair an sed [10 qq.]; f. 133v A Ternócc eiridh ar fecht [12 qq.]; f. 136r Acc so luach do lesaighte [17 qq., of which 1, 6, 17 augmented); f. 137v i. Clocc Naile mór a neimh [71 qq.].) Ends f. 142r 9, Ocus as dona comhtaibh cédna comairce láimhe deircce da thermonn ⁊ dá cloiccmionnaibh. (Ed. MHH, 97-155.) Subscribed at foot of page (following space) ‘I ttigh na mbratar ag Drobaois do scriobad an chuidsin do bethaid Naile ar slicht seinleabhair nemhgloin le Niall meirg each mac meic Suibne Bhoghainigh .29. Ianuarij .1629. An brathair bocht Michél ro scriobh’.

142v - 143v . Blank.

144r . BETHA CIARAIN SAIGHRE ANNSO. Begins Tar eis an scriptuir diadha do legadh do Ciaran isin Roimh & deis epscop do denamh dhe tarla Patruicc dó isin Ettáil & issedh adubairt. Cap. 1-34. Ends f. 153 v i ⁊ do hadlaicedh e maille ris na hedoighibh sin .i. do chum a éirghe maille re soillse na breithe ⁊ ata ar nimh maille re Patruic ⁊ le Martain, ⁊ le moran do naemhaibh ele dan dlighther cadhus ⁊ onoir per infinita in scecula seculorum amen. (Ed. BNÉ I, 113-24; corrected MHH 184, §19.) Subscribed ‘As leabhar meamraim le hEochaidh .h. hIfernain do sccriobad an tsencairt i ttigh na mbrathar i cCaisel, ⁊ ag Drobaois damh anossa a cconveint na mbrathar ag scriobad na bethadh so as an sencairt remhráite. An .14. Febru .1629.’

154r . BETHA CHIARAIN CLUANA. Begins Omnia quaecumque vultis ut faciant homines vobis ita & vos facite illis. Gach maith as ail libh do dhenamh daibh o dháoinibh bidh amhlaid sin do ghnéitisi doibhsiumh. Cap. 1-49, prose and verse (scribal note in text f. 158r i., ‘15 Febru 1629’). (161v 8 Ro dail Cluain · aniu cuccamsa do bhuain [1 q.]; 164 r Ciasa isel robadh ard [1 q.]; f. 165r i. Atbert co fír foircclídhe [3 qq.]; 167v m. An rim a rí an rictigh rain [16 qq.]; 168 v i Binni a chaint enlaith crot [13 qq.].) Ends f. 170v 4, Ailim trocaire De uile cumhachtaigh tre impidhe naemh Ciaraín co rísam uile isin aentaidh sin go ros airilleam go ros aittreabam in scecula sceculorum amen. Finis. (Collated for edition Lismore L., 117-134.) Subscribed ‘I cCoill an Iubhair hi cconveint brathar Atha Luain do scriobhas betha Ciarain an céidfhecht as leabhar Áodha oig Uí Dhúlucháin ó Lios Clúaine hi Midhe ⁊ do aithscriobhas anosa ag Drobhaois. 18. Feb. 1629’.

171r . BETHA DECCLAIN. Begins Beatissimus episcopus Declanus de nobilismo Hiberniae regum genere .i. an tespag naemhta re nabarthar Declan as do chinel ro uasal rioghraidhe Erenn dó neoch do caith flaithes, ⁊ cios cain Erenn i tTemraigh aimmsir fhada. Cap. 1-46 (gap in text at f. 186v m [8 ll. blank]). Ends f. 193r ina catraigh fein in Aird Declain isin tumba do comhartaigh se fein o fhurailemh an aingil neoch do ní miorbuile ⁊ comhartadha naomta o sin anuas ⁊ do chuaid in áentaidh an Athar agus an Mheic agus an Spirait Naoimh in scecula sceculorum amen. Finis. (Ed. P. Power, Life of St. Declan of Ardmore , ITS vol. 16 (London 1914) 1-73.) (Cf. VSH I, pp. lx-lxi.) Subscribed ‘An bratair bocht Michel O Clerigh ro scriob an beta so Décclain i cCaiseal an céidfheacht as leabhar Eochadha Uí Ifernain. Aois Chriost an tráth do scriobhadh an seinleabhar sin Eochadha .1582. & ro aithsccriobus anossa an bheta cettna i cconveint na mbrathar ag Drobhaoís aois an tigerna an tansa .27. Febru. 1629.’

193v 10. BETHA RUADHAIN. Begins Beatha Ruadain do shíol Duach sund. Ba soichenelach inti hisin dfhuil riograide Mumhan .i. Ruadhán finn mac Fergusa Beirn meic Dera duibh meic Daire cerb meic Oillella Flannbicc. Cap. 1-22. Ends f. 201v i.-202r 4, Is aire bheos fuarastair in luaghidhecht laindhermair ⁊ in oirmittin ndífhaisneise & in gloir nach cumhangar do dibhadh do ghrés i ttir nimhe hi frecnarcus in airdri Athar ⁊ Meic ⁊ Spirtu Naeimh, an Trinoid mair aenDe Athar, in Coimde ilcumachtach ar n-áen airdri aga fil an sith suthain, ⁊ comhlanas an uile maitheasa ⁊rl. (Ed. BNÉ I, 317-29.) Subscribed ‘As leabhar Echraidhe Í Shiaghail ó Fheruibh Ceall do benadh an bhetha so Ruadain i cconveint brathar Atha Luain aois an Tigerna an tansin. 30 (sic). Febru. 1628. & do sccriobhadh leis an sccribhneoir cedna an bhetha cedna i cconveint bhráthar Dúin na nGall. Aois an Tigerna an tansa .2. Marta .1629. Meisi an brathair bocht Michél O Clerigh’. Remainder of page blank.

202v . Blank.

203r . BETHA FINEIN CLUANA HIRAIRD. Begins Atfiadhar dino i ccumair cinel in craibhthigh sin ⁊ a fherta & a miorbuile, ⁊ an forbhadh do rad for a rith mbuadha ibhus isin mbithfhrecnairc. Cap. 1-22. Ends f. 210r 7, Is in oentaidh is uaisle cech naentaidh in oentaidh na noebhTrinoitte, Athair Mac, ⁊ Spirutt naemh. Ailim trocaire nDe roisam ro airiltnigem ro attreabam in oentaidhsin in saecula saeculorum amen. FINIS. (Copy not collated for edition Lismore L., 75-83 342-46 [but mistakenly registered by editor as ‘Brussels MS 2324-40’].)

210r 8. BETHA BEINEOIN DEISCIPUIL PATRAIC. Begins Qui perseuerauerit ad finem saluus erit. Intí feidhlighfes ina shuáilcibh o ticfa do chum choirech co crích a báis is e ba slán & bas mor focraic on Choimdhe. Cap. 1-21, prose and verse. (F. 215v, Mo bhennacht for Conmaicne · for síl cairdesa [2 qq.]; f. 216r (ll. 2-6 crossed out) (l. 9) Scuchais an fer cor ar chai · céin ba etrocur in rí [6 qq.]; 217r 11 Dlighid Benen fochraic (gl. ‘beneficium’) Lachta [4qq.]; (l. 19) Espag Connacht ba he Benen · cu ri ratha [7 qq.) Ends f. 219r m. Biaidh imorro mac Seiscnein in aentaidh muintire nimhe .i. etir aingliu ⁊ archaingliu in oentaidh Hiruphin ⁊ Saraphin in oentaig apstal ⁊ descipul Íosu. In aentaidh Meic Maire oighi isin óentaidh as uaisle cech náentaidh, in aentaidh na náemhTrinoide uaisle Athair ⁊ Mac ⁊ Spirat Naemh. Ailim trocaire Dé uasail uile cumachtaigh tría ernaidhe ⁊ impidhe noemh Beneoin roísam ro airiltnigem ro aittrebham in aentaidh sin huile in scecula s eculorum amen. FINIS. (Cf. MHH 180, no. 7.). Remainder of page blank.

219v . Three Irish litanies. (i) Litany of Jesus (I). ‘Aireran ind eccna .cc.’ Begins Ateoch frit a Issu noeb do ceithre suiscelaigthiudiu roscriobhsat do shoscela, Matha, Marc, Lucas, Iohannes. Ateoch frit do ceithre primhfathi tarcechnatar thioncolluccadh Daniel, etc. Ends f. 221r 6 baidhe ⁊ dilgetche ina cridibh ⁊ inna nimraitibh ⁊ ina menmannaibh ⁊ ina n-anmannaibh. (Copy collated for edition, IL, no. 4, pp. 30-37; cf. ibid. p. xvii.) (ii) F. 221r 6 (sic), Litany of Jesus (II), begins A Ísu noebh a chara coemh a retlu matinda. Ends f. 222r 1-2, nisi gratia tua Isu Christ qui regnas in saecula saeculorum amen. Credo ⁊ Pater. (Copy collated for edition, IL, no. 5, 40-45; cf. ibid. p. xvii.) (iii) F. 222r 3, litany of the Virgin and all saints, begins A shlainicidh in chiniudha doenda. Ends f. 223r 8-12, coro chanam an chantaic nat canat acht oigh coro airiltnigem coroin na glóire suthaine in áentaidh muintire nime hi frecnarcus na Trinoiti in scecula sceculorum amen. (Copy collated for edition, IL, no. 3, pp. 26-27.) Subscribed, ‘As leabhar meammruim fuaras on tsaccart Nioclas Ó Cathasaigh ar íasacht do sccriobus betha Fhindéin ⁊ Beineoin ⁊ gach a bfuil ina ndiaigh in Ath Cliath [written above: ‘.i. ttigh na mbráthar’] an céidfhecht ⁊ ro scriobhas in athuair annso na neithe cedna i ttigh na mbratar ag Drobhaois .7. Marta 1629. Aois Criost an trath ro sccriobh Giolla glas Ua hUiginn an seinleabar M.CCCC.LXXI’. (On Giolla glas, cf. ibid. p. xiv n. 2.) (Other copies in 1 f. 69r, 8 f. 10r.)

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224r . BETHA BRÉNAINN CHLUANA FERTA. Begins Beatus uir qui timmet Dominum in mandatis eius volet nimis. Is fechtnach firenta, ⁊ is findbh[e]athach foirbhthe an fer forsmbí eccla, ⁊ imuamhan an Coimdhedh cumhactaigh. Cap. 1-70 (scribal section headings included from f. 232r [c. 17 ‘Sccel oilein na lochadh síosana colléic’, etc.] to end). Prose with verse included (f. 231v Sescca fer doibh isin coblach [1 q.]; f. 254r 12 A Chúcúan, testa tathair ní cían uadh [8 qq.]; f. 257r Secht mbliadhna do Brenainn binn [5 qq.]; 263v 7 Saoghal Bhrenainn gan bine [1 qq]; (l. 11) O ghein mheic Muire as derbh linn.) Ends f. 263v i., Ruccadh tra iarsin corp Brenainn go Cluain Fertai co ros adhnacht annsin co n-onóir moir ⁊ co n-airmittin co psalmaibh co n-iomnaibh ⁊ co cantaicibh spiratalta i n-onoir Athar, ⁊ Meic, & Spirait Naeimh. Ailim trocaire Dé uile cumachtaigh tre impidhe naemBrenainn roísam uile ind aentaidh na naomhTrinoide ro airiltnighem ro aittrebham in secula seculorum amen. Finis. (Ed. BNÉ I, 44-95.) Subscribed f. 263v 23, ‘I cconveint na mbratar ag Drobaois ro aitsccriobhas an bhethaso Brenainn asan ccairt ro sccriobhas roimhe, asan leabar do sccriobh Sioghraid Ua Maolconaire do Roisi inghin Aodha Duibh meic Aodha R[úaid] I Domhnaill ben Neill óicc meic Airt meic Cuinn I Néill i mBaile ann [sic] tSenchaislein do lettaoib Sleibhe Truim. Aois Chriost an tansin amail dherbus an scribneoir .i. 1536. & aois Chriost an tansa .27. Marta .1629. Meisi an brathair bocht Michel Ua Clerigh’.

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265r . Index of contents in Latin (single column) from f. ‘1’ to f. ‘259’ [= ff. 6-226], begins ‘Vitae S. Brigidae Hibernice fol. 1’.

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266r . [INDARBA MOCHUDA A RAITHIN.] Begins Mochutta mac Finaill do Chiarraigibh Luachra a cheiniul .i. do uibh Ferbu an tsainredh. Tainicc sein i noilithre andes go Leit Cuinn go rosgaibh i rRaithin. Cap. 1-13, prose and verse. (F. 270r 7, Rola an doman bacc ar bacc · da mac décc fil occ Blathmac [4 qq].) Note follows cap. 10 at f. 270r 19, ‘Do sccriobas an sccél so ria sunn san duille remainn/ oir ni a haenlebar frith an tecclamadh’. Space (4 lines) follows, after which the following subscription (in lower margin), ‘A ttigh na mbrathar ro sccriobadh ag Drobhaois .24. Ianuarij 1627. As leabhar Briain Meig Niallusa’. Continued f. 270v 1, Cap. 11, headed ‘Mochutta cc.’ (Ind ecclas naemhmdha [11 stt. of varying length]); f. 271v i. Cap. 13 headed ‘Scel ele ar Mochuda ann so’, begins Mochuttae Rathain imorro do rinne roind da coimtionol etc. Ends f.271v 22, Anais Mocuda abhus gan imtect do cumachtaibh Dé, & Comhghoill. Finis . (Ed. BNÉ I, 300-11.) Subscribed (lower margin), ‘Asin lebar do scriob Tadg O Cianain do sgriobadh an beccan sin ag Drobhaois. 28. do Marta. 1627’.

272r . DO MACUIB UA SUANACH (heading added). Begins Fiachra cettamus mc Echach Muidhmedhoin batar da mac lais .i. Amhalgaidh & Nathi. Meic dano Nathi .i. Eocha brec ⁊ Eoca mingort, ⁊ Ealgach. Prose and verse. (272v 13, ‘Mo cuttu .cc. occa ionnarbadh ó Rathain’ Nib ursan sccaradh sccarmaid [1+1+2 qq.]; 273r ‘Mocutta .cc.’ Ni bia oram fairisiumh [5 qq.]; 273v 5,Fuirimh a Fhidmaine fhind [1 q.], Mo mallachtsa co tí brath [1 q.], Niro trebhthar in rath [1 q.].) Ends f. 274v 13, ⁊ do marbadh a mna .i. inghen .h. Bricc dona Deisibh Muman ⁊ síatt for meiscce ⁊ ro marbadh in Geocach iar ttain. Conidh de atá Port in Gheócaigh in bhail ro marbhadh é ⁊rl. (Ed. BNÉ I, 312-16.) Subscribed, ‘Ni fhaghaim ní sa mo léna sccriobad ar Mochutta, ⁊ ar úa Suanach eter na seinleabhraibh, ⁊ as éittir le fer a leghta so an méid bhenas le gach naemh diobh so do chur in eccar iomcubaidh san áit ina bfuighe betaige na náemh nísa lionmaire. Atú tuirsech gan amharus ag Drobhaois. 3. Mart. 1629’.

275r . Epilogue from Life of Senán. (Heading) ‘Bladh bhecc as leabhar comarba Senain’. Begins Tangatar a muinter isin madain isin inis ar cend cuirp Shenain .i. Odhran, & mac innill & epscoip Erc, ⁊ epscoip Mula, ⁊ Segach meic Blaith, ⁊ na naoimh ar chena. Ends f. 275v 11, cesachtach, crodha, cosaídech, cosnamhach uallach adhaltrach aneccnaidh anumhal etchi eccraibhdeach. (Ed. P. Grosjean, ‘Trois pièces sur S. Senán’, Analecta Bollandiana 66 (1948), 199-230 (209-210).)

275v 14. Preface to Amra Senáin. Begins Laithe náen do Shenán oc ernaighte la Fiadhuit, do ching Narach cerd líon a mhuintire go Senan ar a chomairce co rísedh slan seach an peist bái isin loch. Prose and verse. (F. 275v19, Narach gabha gart go ngail [5 qq.].) Ends f. 276r3, uair is liriu ina folt fiodhbaidhe iolratha na marbhnaidhe naimhesi. ⁊c. (Ed. Grosjean, ‘Trois pièces sur S. Senán’, 217-218. Copy collated for edition by L. Breatnach, ‘An edition of Amra Senáin’, Sages, saints and storytellers. Celtic studies in honour of Professor James Carney, D. Ó Corráin et. al. (eds) (Maynooth 1989), 7-31 (13).)

276r 4. [AMRA SENAIN.] Preface, ‘Dallan do roine an amhra so do Shenan, iar ndenamh in amhra ele do Cholum Cille & ro gealladh nemh ⁊ slainsuilde don tí lasmbia eter cor ⁊ céill uair as liriu ina folt fiodhbhaidhe iolratha na márbnaidhe naimhesi.’ With glosses. Begins Senan soer sidhathair. 15/16 verses. (Ed. Grosjean, ‘Trois pièces sur S. Senán’, 218-221; copy collated for edition by L. Breatnach, ‘An edition of Amra Senáin’, 24 f.)

277r . Miracles of Senán. Cidh tra acht an tí ar a nderna an fírDía na firta sin co rabhatar náeithe lomnochta gan croicinn cuicce ⁊ uadha tar in fairrge. Ends f. 279v 19, & gach uair da ndingentar eccóir ar Inis Cathaigh & ar Cill Rois ⁊ ar thermonn Senain co coitcionn teccaid samhaidh Senain go leic an chodaigh et tabrad trí gaire eter clocc ⁊ duine. & tiocfaid na naoimh sin do dhíoghail na neccórach do gnífidher re Senán. Conadh ann (last two words erased, followed by one blank line). (Copy collated for edition of recension in 1 ff. 241v-26r m. (see ad loc.) by C. Plummer, ZCP 10 (1915), 1-35.) Subscribed, ‘As leabhar comharba Shenain ó Inis Cathaigh do sgriobad an amhra sin Shenáin ⁊ na sgeoil becca nuaidhe amhail atád sunna. A cconueint brathar Chuinnche i tTuadhmumain a samhradh na bliadna sa .1634. darob gairdian an tAthair Dondchad Mac Giolla Shenain. An brathair Michel O Clerigh ro sgriobh an ceidfecht ⁊ sonna .14. Iunij. 1635.’ Remainder of page blank.

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281r . Latin notes on interpretations of paradise. Begins Philo Judaeus extremo lib[ro] de mundi opificio et libro allegoriarum legis Mosaice totam Moysis de Paradiso narrationem. Ends f. 281v10, paradisum esse locum corporalem aspectabilem et terrestrem non vero merè spiritualiter et mysticè accipiendum.

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287r . List of saints (Irish and Latin), headed ‘Na naoimh ar a bfuil iomrádh a mbethuidh Brénuinn’ (col. a only, 13 ll.). Followed by Latin index of saints in Betha Brénuinn, headed ‘Ex alia eiusdem vita ex cod. Kilkenniensi [: cancelled] Inis’ (with page references) (col. b only, 12 ll).

287v . Latin note on whales (8 ll). Begins Balenae ut Basilius et Theodoretus aiunt.

[288 r] Jottings with list of places, headed ‘As bethaid Brenuinn’ (7 ll.) (with page references).