MS A 11

IIIF Manifest

CollectionUniversity College Dublin

LocationDublin, Ireland

ShelfmarkMS A 11

LanguagesIrish; ga

Date created1400-1499

Pagination49 ff.

SubjectProse

ProvenanceWritten by Daelgus Ó Duibhghennán, probably a Franciscan Friar there is a note on f. 27 vi. 'In Dei nomine Amen dus an foghnann an glés so (?) ar an penn so Í Bern' suggesting Bern, Switzerland as a possible location? 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

MaterialVellum

BindingsBound in cover similar to that of A 10. "Franciscan MSS., Destruction of Troy, A IF" in gilt lettering on spine.

ScribesÓ Duibhghennán, Daelgus [Daelgus mac Cormaic mc. Domnaill mc. Feargail mc. Hi Duibhgheannan]

ContributorsFranciscan Archives, 1792-2000; UCD, 2000

Dimensions10" x 7"

Online since2003

Notes49 ff., now foliated in pencil on interleaved blank pages. F. 49 reversed and inverted in binding. Average of 38 lines to page; double columns. Ruling sometimes in ink. Decorative initials, some in colour. Rents in ff. 22, 25, have been repaired with red thread. Another, more formal hand appears briefly on ff. 7 a, 8 a. Numerous marginalia mostly to do with the trials and tribulations of the scribe.

RightsCopyright University College Dublin; Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.

DescriptionUCD MS A 11 is a Gaelic manuscript, possibly from the 15th century. Written in Gaelic on vellum by Daelgus Ó Duibhghennán, it contains a copy of The Destruction of Troy and The Irish Aeneid. 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.

ReferencesIrish version of Dares Phrygius, much expanded. The beginning of the early LL version (ed. W. Stokes, Togail Troi (Calcutta 1881)) occurs at f. 1 a 23, and these two seem to correspond closely, but A 11 does not derive from LL and the text is here complete. The last words of LL=f. 19 d 21 here. This MS was not used by Stokes. See G. S. Mac Eoin, ZCP 28 (1960-61) 201-2 and Studia Hibernica 1 (1961) 20 n. 11. The Irish Aeneid. Beg. O thairnig tra dona Grécaib slad ⁊ indreadh. Breaks off with f. 49 Atait dano ingean[a] saera sochenuil in aentomha. Ed. from the Book of Ballymote by G. Calder, Imtheachta Aeniasa (ITS VI, 1907). This MS, not used by Calder, corresponds closely to BB. Last words here=l. 2903 of Calder's edition.

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Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in University College Dublin

A 11

DESTRUCTION OF TROY; IRISH AENEID

15th cent. (?). Vellum. 25.5 × 18 cms (some leaves much shorter). Ff. 49, now foliated in pencil on interleaved blank pages. F. 49 reversed and inverted in binding. Average of 38 lines to page; double columns. Ruling sometimes in ink. Decorative initials, some in colour. Rents in ff. 22, 25, have been repaired with red thread. Scribe: Daelgus Ó Duibhghennán (f. 24 a 32); another, more formal, hand appears briefly on ff. 7 a, 8 a. Bound in cover similar to that of A 10. 'Franciscan MSS., Destruction of Troy, A IF in gilt lettering on spine.

Numerous marginalia: (a) 2 r i. The word 'comortus' foll. by full line of writing. (b) 9 r, upper margin. 'tir fa thuinn an tírsi atám. ísle clár Cuinn ná a cúan', (c) 12 r i. 'Amen dico uobis omnis homo mendax'. (d) 13 r. 'ni leguim sin tuas' (between cols of text), 'ni leghuim so thuas ara dorcheta' (?) (lower margin). (e) 15 r i. 'ni thuiccim sin tuas'. (f) 15 v i 'Ní thuiccim na cethra líne ichdaracha sin tuas'; foll. in another hand by 'dar ndhóigh is e a sothuicsi fo deara sin duit', (g) 27 v i. 'In Dei nomine Amen dus an foghnann an glés so (?) ar an penn so Í Bern', (h) 30 v i. 'Iaspar fert mirram tuis Melcisar Balcasar Abram . . .'. Contd on f. 31 r i. (i) 32 v i. 'Ag sin duit a Chaitilin o Choinchondacht. ~ ní é in scriobh[aighe] a[s] ciontach oi[r] dorinnese adithceall [. . .]'. (j) 46 b, between 11. 28 and 29. 'ata uireasba air so thíos', (k) 49 r i. 'Ni tuigim sin tuas fon crois desbaidh na duilleoici testa asan leabh(ar)'. Other notes and scribblings (some illegible) on ff. 3 v, 5 r, 6 r, 7 r, 22 r, 26 v, 30 r, 31 v, 32 r, 40 v, 43 r, 48 r, 48 v.

1 . Sdair na Traoi (title in late hand). Beg. Pai tra forpuirt for cloind Adhaim co dilind. Ends (f. 24 a m) do cuaidh cach dibh docum atighe fén. Finit. Foll. by colophon: 'Daelgus mac Cormaic mc. Domnaill mc. Feargail mc. hi Duibhgheannan qui sgribsit an leabhairsa. [in red ink:] Beogun [or Deogun] . . .'. The text is an Irish version of Dares Phrygius, much expanded. The beginning of the early LL version (ed. W. Stokes, Togail Troi (Calcutta 1881)) occurs at f. 1 a 23, and these two seem to correspond closely, but All does not derive from LL and the text is here complete. The last words of LL=f. 19 d 21 here. This MS was not used by Stokes. See G. S. Mac Eoin, ZCP 28 (1960-61) 201-2 and Studia Hibernica 1 (1961) 20 n. 11.

24 a 33. The Irish Aeneid. Beg. O thairnig tra dona Grécaib slad ⁊ indreadh. Breaks off with f. 49 Atait dano ingean[a] saera sochenuil in aentomha. Ed. from the Book of Ballymote by G. Calder, Imtheachta Aeniasa (ITS VI, 1907). This MS, not used by Calder, corresponds closely to BB. Last words here=l. 2903 of Calder's edition.