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Historical, genealogical, theological and poetic texts relating to Ireland, 15th century

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MS. Laud Misc. 610

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Short uncatalogued Irish pieces are:

  1. Fol. 1. Life of St. Senan, imperfect at beg.
  2. Fol. 34. Sermon on the Assumption
  3. Fol. 45-57. Romance of Fierabras
  4. Fol. 45v. Inventio Sanctae Crucis
  5. Fol.89. Succession of Pictish kings
  6. Fol. 123. The Conversation of the Senators, imperfect at beg.

A note on f. 115v, pointed out by the Rev. C. Plummer, shows that this part was not written before 1406.

Dates

  • Creation: 15th century

Extent

146 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Irish

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 610

Arrangement

Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘F 95’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 1132

Henry O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars secunda codices Latinos et Miscellaneous Laudianos complectens (Oxford, 1885, reprinted in 1973, with numerous corrections and additions, and an historical introduction by R.W. Hunt), Misc. no. 610

Custodial History

Manuscript 2293 acquired by the Bodleian Library

Physical Facet

For binding cf. MSS. Laud Misc. 526, 611-615

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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