Manuscripts
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The following overview is based on T. K. Abbott • E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish MSS in TCD (1921): 141–144; 358–360 and Liam Breatnach, Companion to CIH (2005): 27.
p. 25a
A scribal note transcribed by Gwynn as follows: “bui fornaeib ána na hEalga inní atbath isin aighe so, id est isin cuairt uet̄ens .i. Donnchadh mac Cairbre m̄c Aodagaín, foirm is ferr da roibi re healadhain i cruth i céill i míne i máerrdacht i n-ealadhain i n-enac ina aimsir . rechta ar gach aen leighas mina tice oróit ⁊ aill ar ainim Donncadha ⁊ into rosgraif ⁊ tuc rith pairti ar in pairt as rosgribad so .i. Cairbre ua Maolchonaire. anno domini. m.ccccc. xi i magh cuillin itú” (i.e. Mag Cuillinn, now Moycullen, Co. Galway)
scribal addition x
p. 25
Ends: Gillananaem sonn ar pairt mhailysa
scribal addition x
p. 26–p. 35.38
In lebor ogam
p. 34
scribal addition x
p. 34.8
Incipit: ‘Briatharogum Morainn mic Main’
Text and gloss
Incipit: ‘Briatharogum Mic In Oicc’
Text and gloss
Incipit: ‘Briatharogum Concaulaind’
Text and gloss
p. 35
Heading/rubric: ‘Trefocla inso’
Starts down the middle of the page.
p. 35–p. 37
[A mo Choimdiu nél] Incipit: ‘A mo Choimdiu nell’
Begins at line 3 from foot. Poem ascr. to Fingén mac Flaind, here given as an example of Trefhocal. 70 qq.
p. 37–p. 37
Incipit: ‘Dobhérainn comairle dom charait’
Begins down the middle of the page. Poem.
p. 37.39
[Eochair chéille coistecht] Incipit: ‘Eochair céille cloisteacht’
Poem.
p. 38–p. 39b.3
‘Tuan mac Cairill's story to Finnén of Mag Bile’
p. 39b.12
Incipit: ‘Ata na ceist annso dorer Augustin cred is caintairecht ann...’
p. 40a.9
[Foscél ar Brénainn] Incipit: ‘In naghaidh ég ol a daltae fri Bhrennain’
Shorter version of an anecdote known in fuller form elsewhere
p. 40a.24
[Apgitir chrábaid] Heading/rubric: ‘De prudentissimo homine’
Concluding paragraph only.
p. 40b.8
[Immacallam Cormaic ocus Fíthail] Incipit: ‘Nugua mé’
The dialogue of Cormac and Fíthal
p. 41
[Dia mbad messe bad rí réil] Incipit: ‘Dia mbad mese bad rígh réil’
p. 42a
Late version of a story about Cormac Gaileng, son of Tadhg mac Céin, progenitor of the Gailenga
p. 42b–p. 44
Prose introduction and poem. The text starts somewhere down the middle. Concludes: ‘beannacht ar anmain mic Mathgamna’.
Pages 44-45 bear one column each. The lower part of the leaf is missing.
p. 44.5
[Ocht n-airich go ngolaige] Incipit: ‘Ocht n-airic go ngolaige’
Poem on the eight canonical hours.
p. 44.11
Enumeration of the seven heavens
p. 44.17
On the influence of the planets on the formation of the human body.
p. 45.3
[Secht n-affrinn écnairce áin] Incipit: ‘Secht n-afrinn écnairce áin ised atfét cech firén’
On the ‘seven Masses free from hell’
p. 45.7
Heading/rubric: ‘Cethri tucaite ara tiaghar do chrios’
Another religious observation
p. 45.14
Poem on the trícha cét (subdivisions) of Ireland.
p. 46a
On the arrival of Partholon
p. 46b–p. 47a.12
A version referred to as Tochmarc Cruind ⁊ Macha in the conclusion on p. 47a.
A narrow slip has been inserted between pp. 46 and 47:
p. *–p. *
Incipit: ‘Tindrum .i. sgel ... Eglann. ⁊ dag .i. gaiscedach ... Builg .i. sithfe.’Explicit: ‘Croís .i. ceol ut est co cual a crois isin tuip (sic) luachra
Recto. Fragment of an Irish glossary.
scribal addition x
p. *–p. *
Incipit: ‘Cislir feichém̄ atu cuirth (?) tagra ⁊ fregra etc.’
Verso.
p. 48b.1–p. 48b.16
p. 49a–p. 52
[Amrae Chon Roí] Incipit: ‘Ní h-ada do manmuin’
The eulogy of Cú Roí, ascribed to Ferchertne. Text with interlinear gloss.
p. 53a–p. 57b
[The caldron of poesy] Incipit: ‘Mo choire coir goiriath’
Text with interlinear gloss.
p. 57.6–p. 58
[Cenéla airechta] Incipit: ‘Cis lir cenela airechta dochusin hi’