MS 1337/1-4

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Trinity College Library is a major repository of over 240 manuscripts in Irish.

The project's primary target here was MS 1339 (H 2 18), otherwise known as the Book of Leinster, a diplomatic edition of which was published by the School of Celtic Studies 1954–83 (edited by R. I. Best, Osborn Bergin, M. A. O'Brien, and Anne O'Sullivan). The Book of Leinster, properly Leabhar na Nuachongbhála, is an anthology of Irish tradition — prose, verse, and genealogy — the compilation of which spanned the second half of the twelfth century. It takes its name from an ecclesiastical foundation in Co. Laois, that of Oughaval, near Stradbally. Of the number of scribes who worked on it only one is known by name: Aed mac meic Crimthaind.

ISOS also has digitised the complete collection of Irish medical manuscripts in TCD, the catalogue of which is in preparation at the School of Celtic Studies. TCD's holding of twenty-eight such manuscripts accounts for over a quarter of all extant medical manuscripts in Irish.

The Trinity College Dublin images are © Board of Trinity College Dublin and copyright issues are handled by the Manuscripts Department, email: mscripts@tcd.ie.

Manuscripts

MS 1339 (The Book of Leinster)

MS 1339

THE BOOK OF LEINSTER.

Contents of the Book of Leinster as described in R. I. Best, M. A. O'Brien and Anne O'Sullivan, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála I-VI (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1954, 1956-7, 1965, 1967, 1983)

1 a. Lebor Gabála, ' Book of Invasions …

MS 1283

MEDICAL

15th or 16th cent. Vellum. 33.5 × 24.5 cms (pp. 23-4, 65-6 smaller). Pp. 72, numbered in pencil; pp. 1-63 bearing earlier foliation, 1-32; modern pencilled pagination on pp. 69-72 cancelled. No scribal signature.

1 a [Petrus de Argellata, Chirurgia .] Beg. acephalous [in section beg. [A …

MS 1299

MEDICINE; VERSE

15th and 16th cent. Vellum. 28–29.5 × 18–19 cms (pp. 9–10, 29–29.5 × 16.5 cms; pp. 13–14, 28.5–29 × 16 cms; pp. 25–6, 28.5 × 17–18.5 cms; pp. 27–8, 26–27.5 × 17–18.5 …

MS 1301 (Annals of the Four Masters)

Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin

H.2.11 MS 1301

Annals of the Four Masters, Part II. (1335 to 1608).

This is an original copy, that is to say, it is for the most part in the handwriting of Conary O’Clery, the hands …

MS 1302

MEDICAL

15th or 16th cent. Vellum. 26–27 × 17.5–19.5 cm (f. 6, 26–24 × 19 cm; f. 7, 27 × 16–19 cm). Ff. 7, numbered in pencil. No scribal signature.

Unbound; housed in paper folder marked ‘1302 Grille’ (in pencil) on front cover. Held with …

MS 1310

MEDICAL

15th or 16th cent. Vellum. 29–30 × 20–21 cm (f. 6, 29.5–30 × 18–20.5). Ff. 7, numbered in pencil. No scribal signatures. Scribes: (1) ff. 1–2, 3ra9–bz, 3va19–bz, 4ra9–24, 4ra35–b38, 4rb40–va37, 4vb6–5ra12; (2) ff. 3ra1–9 …

MS 1312

MEDICAL

15th or 16th century. Vellum. 24–24.5–25 × 18–18.5 cm. Ff. 4 numbered in pencil. No scribal signature.

Unbound. Housed in paper folder marked ‘1312’ on front cover. Stitch-holes; numbers ‘1312’ (in pencil), ‘H. 2. 12 / 13 [re-inked]’ and title ‘Gualterus de dosibus’, f …

MS 1313

MEDICAL APHORISMS

15th or 16th cent. Vellum. 21–22 × 15–15.5cm. Ff. 8, numbered in pencil. No scribal signature; some corrections to text (occasionally over erasures) supplied in another hand.

Unbound; housed in paper folder marked ‘Grille’ and ‘1313’ (in pencil) on front cover; held by remains …

MS 1314/2

MEDICAL

15th cent. Vellum. Ff. 7, 12 and 16–18, 27–29.5 × 16–20.5; ff. 8–11 and 13–15 (all irregularly shaped at lower edge), 22–27.5 × 17.5–19.5; ff. 1–6 (iregularly shaped at lower edge, except for f. 3 …

MS 1314/4

COMPUTUS

15th cent. Vellum. 1 leaf of irregular shape (29.5 × 2.5–21 cms), with curved outer edge, and with lower edge tapering into narrow tail, now curling backwards onto verso. No pagination. Numbers ‘1314/4’ on f. [1]r, upper margin, ‘H.2.12 / No …

MS 1315

'LEABHAR RIOCAIRD UÍ CHALLANNÁIN'

MEDICINE; VERSE; LATIN GRAMMAR

15th cent. Vellum. 28 × 20 cms. Pp. 232, paginated in pencil, 1–231, skipping 114 (with 115 cancelled later and replaced by 114; 122 and 126 also cancelled and replaced by 121 and 125 respectively, so that 121 and 125 …

MS 1316/1–3

MS 1316/1

MEDICAL.

Folios i-vi; Pages 1-10.

15th cent. Vellum. 36.5 × 25.5-26 cms. Ff. 5, numbered in pencil 1-4, 5 (bis), with Lhuyd's ink pagination, 1-10. No scribal signature.

Bound in limp vellum wrapper with paper backing; ‘H. 2. 15 Vol. I 1-5 / 1-10’ stamped in black …

MS 1317

H. 2. 15b

MS 1317

Glossaries and Miscellanea.

fol., 13" × 8", chart., s. xvii.

Prefixed is a note in the handwriting of Maurice Gorman, giving the names of the persons who stole the horses, mules, and asses of the cardinal who had been sent from Rome to Ireland to instruct …

MS 1318 (The Yellow Book of Lecan)

Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin

H.2.16 MS 1318

THE YELLOW BOOK of LECAN and MISCELLANEA.

(Pending an updated description, we give here the account in T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of the Irish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity …

MS 1319/2/1

MEDICAL

15th cent. Vellum. 27.5 × 21 cms. Ff. 4, numbered in pencil; ff. 1v–4v bear an earlier pagination, 83–9, in ink. No scribal signature.

Bound in modern vellum cover; vellum guard (27.5 × 2cm) folded over and sewn in to centre of gathering …

MS 1319/2/6

FRAGMENT (NINE LEAVES) OF part of THE BOOK OF LECAN

Contents of TCD 1319/2/6 (fragment), as described in the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, pp. 1575-6 (ff. 142-150, the T.C.D. leaves).

139 148 (138)r°[299]a, LEABHOR …

MS 1319/2/7

Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin

H.2.17 MS 1319/2/7

IRISH GRAMMATICAL TRACT.

1319 is made up of two volumes, formerly one, are made up of various fragments, some quarto, some small folio, of various ages, and treating of different subjects.

1319 …

MS 1319/2/8

MEDICAL

15th or 16th cent. Vellum. 23.5–26 × 19–20.5. Ff. 12, numbered in pencil 118–129 (with numbering repeated in pencil on ff. 118–122, 125–7) and bearing an earlier pagination 279–302 in ink. No scribal signature (unless name in scribal …

MS 1319/2/9

MEDICAL

15th cent. Vellum. 26–27 × 20–21 cm. Ff. 8 numbered in pencil, 130–37, and bearing an earlier pagination, 317–333 (skipping 331) in ink. No scribal signature.

Bound in modern vellum cover; number ‘H. 2. 17 II Vol. IX 130–137 / 317–333 …

MS 1321

ROSA ANGLICA

15th or 16th cent. Vellum. 34.5–37.5 × 23–28 cms (pp. 3–4, 31–36 × 21.5–23 cms; pp. 7–8, 32–34 × 21.5–26.5 cms; pp. 9–10, 30.5–32 × 21.5–26 cms; pp. 37–8, 31–31 …

MS 1323

MATERIA MEDICA

16th cent. Vellum. 23.5–24 × 15–16.5 cms (pp. 11a–12a, 7.5–8 × 15 cms; pp. 13–14, 24 × 4.5–9.5 cms; pp. 37–8, 24 × 3.5 cms; pp. 61–2, 22.5 × 16 cms). Pp. 120, paginated in pencil …

MS 1326

MEDICAL

16th cent. Vellum. 24–24.5 × 17–18 cms. Pp. 152, earlier ink pagination supplemented by pencil (pencil pagination otiose, pp. 53, 121). Scribes: (1) pp. 1a1–10, 3b14–28, 5a1–z, 5b18–w, 6az–7bz, 11b1–12, no scribal signature; (2) p. 1a10–31, no scribal …

MS 1333

VERSE; MANUSCRIPT CONTRACTIONS; MEDICAL

15th cent. Vellum. 23.5–27.5 × 19–22 cms; several leaves of slightly smaller dimensions or irregular shape (e.g. pp. 1–4, 9–10, 21–2, 43–6, 51–2); (f. ii, 18.5–19 × 19.5 cms; f. iii, 7.5 …

MS 1334

MEDICAL; VERSE

15th cent. Vellum. 25–27.5 × 18.5–20 cms (pp. 1–2, 26.5–27 × 8–10 cms; pp. 47–8, 23–27.5 × 14.5–20 cms). Pp. 58, paginated (earlier partial pagination in ink supplemented by modern pencil pagination) 1–58, with pp …

MS 1336/1-6 (The Seanchus Mór)

H.3.17 MS 1336

THE SEANCHUS MÓR.

Folios 1-89; cols 1-350.

A volume made up of several distinct books or tracts of different sizes. The Seanchus Mór, said to contain the body of Irish Laws as modified after the introduction of Christianity. See TCD MS 1316. See Petrie, Trans …

MS 1337/1-4

H.3.18 MS 1337

MISCELLANEA.

Vol 1 - Vol 8.

TCD MS 1337 is almost entirely in Irish (see T.K. Abbott and E.J. Gwynn, 'Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College Dublin', (Dublin and London, 1921), 140-158, 358-362). But there are Latin fragments from other …

MS 1340 (The Tinnakill Duanaire)

H.3.19.

MS 1340

POEMS

The following account is taken from Anne O’Sullivan, ‘The Tinnakill Duanaire’, Celtica 11 (1976) 214–228.

This Trinity College Dublin MS, 1340 (H. 3. 19), of the early seventeenth century is unusual for an Irish manuscript in being written on parchment (sheepskin). The …

MS 1341

MS 1343

MEDICAL

15th cent. Vellum. 22 × 16. Pp. 188, paginated in pencil.

Scribes: (1) pp. 1–46, 111–14, 145–88, Uilliam O Finngaine (p. 113.13); (2) pp. 47–110, Aed Buidhe O Leighin (p. 106by); (3) pp. 115–43.

1a. [Commentary on Galen Megategni (beg. Labrum …

MS 1357

MEDICAL

16th cent. Paper. 18.5 × 14.5 cm. Pp. 202.

Main scribe: Eoghan Ó Fearghusa, writing in 1563

1. [Gentilis de Fulgineo, commentary on Aegidius Corboliensis, Carmina de urinarum iudiciis.] ‘Textus Egidii’ (running heading). Beg. Dicitur urina quoniam fit in renibus una. Ise derivacio an fhocuil …

MS 1386

MATERIA MEDICA

15th or 16th cent. Vellum. 26–27 × 17.5–19 cm (pp. 1–46); 23.5–25 × 18.5–19 cm (pp. 47–54). Pp. 54, paginated 1–54. No scribal signatures. Scribes: (1) main scribe, pp. 1–27.18; (2) pp. 27 (lines 18–20 …

MS 1387

H.5.15 MS 1387

Brehon Law Tracts, ff. 16.

fol. membr., s. xv. (?).

Consists mainly of legal aphorisms on various subjects, with commentary. Written by one scribe who signs at foot of p. 7a : Seán doscríb do mac aedagáin. So the MS. comes from one of the law-schools …

MS 1388

APHORISMS OF HIPPOCRATES

16th or 17th cent. Paper. 18.5 × 14 cm. Pp. 38, stamp-numbered; two unnumbered endpapers front and back. No scribal signature.

Bound in boards. ‘Aphorisms / of / Hippocrates’ and ‘H. 5. 16’ in gold on front cover. Labelled ‘Ms / H. / 5. / 16’ on spine; typed label …

MS 1398/71

1398/71

MEDICAL

15th cent. Vellum. 29.5–30 × 19.5–20 cm. Ff. 1, unnumbered, with columns on recto headed (in pencil) ‘[a]’ and ‘[b]’, respectively, and on verso ‘[c]’ and ‘[d]’, respectively. Numbered ‘1398/71’ (in pencil) in upper margin of recto and of verso. MS comprises a …

MS 1432

HISTORY, GRAMMAR, LAW; MEDICINE

15th and 16th cent. Vellum. Pp. 52, paginated in pencil on rectos only, 1–[52] (skipping 41, repeating 43), and bearing an earlier foliation in ink. Scribes: (1) pp. 1a1–2bz, no scribal signature; (2) main scribe, pp. 3a1–4b33 and 4b37–23b10 together …

MS 1433/1–2 (E.3.5, The Book of Aicill)

E.3.5 MS 1433/1-2

The Book of Aicill

fol. membr., s. xv.

The legal tracts are transcribed by O'Donovan in vols. 5 and 6 of No. 1424.

1. ff. 10. 15½" × 10½".

Fragments of the Brehon Laws, with gloss and comments :—

p.1. On the judgements of cotenancy …

MS 1435

MS 1436

MS 1437

DISPENSATORY, MEDICAL

16th cent. Paper. 20.5 × 15–15.5 cms. Pp. 222, numbered in pencil, iii–iv, 1–11 (rectos only), 11a, 11b, 12, 13–[218] (rectos only, skipping 177–8, and with 179 evidently altered from 177), v–vi; pp. 153–[176], 179–[204] bear contemporary …

MS 1698

SURGICAL AND MEDICAL

16th cent. Vellum. 20–20.5 × 15.5–16 cm (pp. 15–16, 20.5 × 13–15 cm). Pp. 16 numbered 2–16 (p. [1] unnumbered); two endpapers front and back (numbered in pencil i–iv and v–viii, respectively). No scribal signature.

Collation: i …