Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 2

  • 1844
  • Irish manuscripts
Identifiers
Shelfmark
23 O 2
Classification
Cat. no. 1031
Description
A facsimile of the Irish manuscript Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket, MS Vitterhet Engelsk II. The facsimile was commissioned by George Stephens, who sent it to William Betham in 1844. Betham described the manuscript for George Stephens in a letter dated 18 March 1844, part of which is quoted in Stephens' catalogue description of 1847.
Provenance and related aspects
Date
1844
1844
Hands, scribes
Patron
Betham (William)
Betham (William)
(1779–1853)
(Sir) William Betham, English antiquary and collector of manuscripts; member of the Royal Irish Academy

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Sources

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Mulchrone, Kathleen, Thomas F. OʼRahilly, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, and A. I. Pearson, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, 8 vols, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1926–1970.  
8 volumes: Vol. 1, pp. 1–654 (fasc. 1-5) -- Vol. 2, pp. 655–1294 (fasc. 6-10) -- Vol. 3, pp. 1295–1938 (fasc. 11-15) -- Vol. 4, pp. 1939–2578 (fasc. 16-20) -- Vol. 5, pp. 2579–3220 (fasc. 21-25) -- Vol. 6, pp. 3221–3500 (fasc. 26-27) -- Vol. 7 (index 1) -- Vol. 8 (index 2).
Vol. 5, 2938–2939 [id. 1031.]
Stephens, George, Förteckning öfver de förnämsta brittiska och fransyska handskrifterna uti Kongl. bibliotheket i Stockholm, Stockholm, 1847.
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18–19
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2013, last updated: November 2022