MS 1341
CollectionTrinity College Dublin
LocationDublin, Ireland
ShelfmarkTCD MS 1341; H. 3. 20
LanguagesIrish; Latin; ga; la
Date created1400-1499; 1500-1599
Pagination311 pp.
SubjectMedical Tract
ProvenanceProvenance unclear, but may have been purchased by Edward Lhuyd c.1700.
MaterialVellum; Paper
Online since1999
NotesNo scribal signatures present. Origin / provenance unknown. The first ten and last eight leaves are of vellum, and appear to have been taken from the same book and separated to use as a cover for the intervening 144 Paper leaves. The vellum portions appear to be in a 15th century hand, while the Paper portions seem to be of the 16th century.
RightsCopyright Trinity College Dublin; Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.
DescriptionTCD MS 1341 is a Gaelic composite manuscript from the 15th and 16th centuries. It contains a medical treatise. Contains an Irish translation of 'Lilium Medicinae' of Bernard de Gordon.
ReferencesAbbott, T. K., agus E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1921, pp.164–165 (Abbott); 363 + xx (Gwynn)
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