Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 Book of Fermoy

  • Irish
  • s. xiv/xv
  • Irish manuscripts
  • vellum
Identifiers
Location
Collection: Charles Haliday collection
Shelfmark
23 E 29
Classification
Cat. no. 1134
Title
Book of Fermoy
Type
manuscript miscellanies Irish narrative literature Irish religious literature vernacular Irish verse
Provenance and related aspects
Language
Irish
Date
s. xiv/xv
14th or 15th century.
Origin, provenance
Ireland
Hands, scribes
Codicological information
Material
vellum
Distinct units
pp. 1-16

A fragment of Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension A), tentatively dated to the 14th century in the catalogue description. Another part is in Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iii 1.

pp. 17-216

The greater part of the manuscript.

pp. 217-232
Dublin, Royal Irish Acade…  pp. 217-232

Medical manuscript written by multiple hands.

pp. 233-234
Dublin, Royal Irish Acade…  pp. 233-234

Fragment.

Table of contents
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Locus

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  • f. 23ra.34: meaning folio 23 recto, first column, line 34
  • f. 96vb.m: meaning folio 96, verso, second column, middle of the page (s = top, m = middle, i = bottom)
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  • p. 67b.23: meaning page 67, second column, line 23
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Sources

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.

[dig. img.] “Royal Irish Academy”, Anne-Marie OʼBrien, and Pádraig Ó Macháin, Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) – Meamrám Páipéar Ríomhaire, Online: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1999–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/ria.html>.

Secondary sources (select)

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, 3091–3125 (no. 1134) [id. 1134.]
Todd, James Henthorn [tr.], “Descriptive catalogue of the contents of the Irish manuscript, commonly called ‘The Book of Fermoy’”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Irish MSS series, 1:1 (1870): 3–65.
Internet Archive – PRIA 1870: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – 1868 version: <link> HathiTrust: <link>
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Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2010, last updated: December 2022