Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1392 Unit: 11

  • Latin, English, Cornish, Breton, Irish, Welsh
  • s. xviiex/xviiiin
  • Welsh manuscripts
  • paper
Manuscript fragments relating to Edward Lhuyd’s lexicographical research, including vocabularies, notes and a transcript.
Identifiers
Location
Part of
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1392 (1392, H 5. 20) [s. xviiex/xviiiin]
Type
manuscript miscellanies
Description

Abbott summarises the contents as follows:

  • f. 1. Fragment of a short comparative Celtic vocabulary, only the letter A.
    f. 2. English words only.
    ff. 3, 4. An index of rare Latin words under V and Z.
    f. 5. Observations on initial compound prepositions, etc., Cornish, Armoric, and Hibernian.
    f. 6. (folded) Notes for a collection of rare Latin words.
    ff. 7, 8. Transcript from the Cambridge Juvencus, with Welsh glosses.
    ff. 9-10. Four pages of a printed Dissertatio Epistolaris (on Runic characters), with notes by Lhwyd on Welsh grammar.
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Latin, English, Cornish, Breton, Irish, Welsh
Date
s. xviiex/xviiiin
Origin, provenance
Origin: ass. with Lhuyd (Edward)
Lhuyd (Edward)
(d. 1709)
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Hands, scribes
Codicological information
State of existence
fragmentary
Material
paper

Sources

See also the parent manuscript for further references.

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

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Secondary sources (select)

Abbott, T. K., and E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1921.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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August 2021