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Tigernach's Annals of Ireland to the year 1088 (wanting the years 361–488 and 767–974), together with a continuation to the year 1178, third quarter of the 14th century

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MS. Rawl. B. 488, fol. 1

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Dates

  • Creation: third quarter of the 14th century

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

  • Irish

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. B. 488, fol. 1

Related Materials

The fac-simile engraved by Astle in his "Origin of Writing" as being from Tigernach's Annals, is from a subsequent part of the volume; see fols. 29-34.

Bibliography

  • The original portion of the Annals (without the continuation, which begins at fol. 20) was published by O'Conor, with a Latin version, in vol. ii. of his Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores , pp. 1–314. A full description of the MS. is given in the preface to that volume, pp. ii.–vi.; a table of eclipses mentioned in the Annals , in the "Epistola" prefixed to vol. i. pp. xcii–xcvii, and a list of poems and authors cited, pp. cii–cxvi.; and a further notice of the MS. with an engraved fac-simile, in the "Prolegomena" in vol. i. part ii. pp. clxxi–clxxiv.

Physical Facet

On parchment, in double columns; imperfect at the end

Creator

Repository Details

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