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ria.ieLebor na Huidre / The Book of the Dun Cow
R.I.A. MS 23 E 25: Cat. No. 1229 Before A.D. 1106 Vellum: 32cm x 24cm 67 folios, a fragment of original manuscript |
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Written in Irish at Clonmacnoise. The two principal scribes were Mael Muire Mac Célechair and an unnamed scribe (A). It was revised at a later date by an interpolator (H) using different sources. It is named after a 6th century sacred relic of Clonmacnoise, the hide of the dun cow that belonged to St. Ciarán. The earliest surviving manuscript with literature written in Irish, it contains the oldest version of the Táin Bó Cuailgne, the Voyage of Bran, the Feast of Bricriú, and other religious, mythical and historical material. The writing is mostly in two columns, in a regular, fairly legible Irish miniscule, with delicately drawn initials of the wire and ribbon type, coloured in yellow, purple and red.Download full description here as a word document |
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