Manuscripts with Irish Associations (MIrA)

Evidence for early Irish book culture, c. AD 600–1000

This resource aims to provide useful information for researchers on early Irish manuscript culture before c. AD 1000. ("Irish" here is shorthand for the broader Gaelic world, including early medieval Scotland.)

The catalogue currently contains 299 manuscripts. Manuscripts are assigned to one or more categories. The principal criteria for inclusion are as follows:

Or Origin: Ireland	Written probably in Ireland.	104
S Script: Irish	Written mostly in Irish script (104 from Ireland and 41 abroad).	145
V Vernacular content	Containing vernacular (Old Irish) content (mostly glosses).	84

The following categories are also considered. The contents here are currently still very partial, and will be expanded in future updates:

Sb Named Irish scribe	Named or known Irish scribe.	41
Ex Exemplar: Irish	Copied from an Irish exemplar.	36
T Text of Irish origin	Latin texts of Irish authorship.	22
Or* Origin: Insular (Ireland?)	Of Insular origin, potentially in Ireland.	11
S* Script: Insular (Irish?)	Written in Insular, potentially Irish, script.	12
Ex* Exemplar: Insular (Irish?)	Copied from an Insular exemplar, potentially Irish.	4
M Miscellaneous/other	Minor Irish associations, e.g. Irish glosses or corrections, Irish influence on script.	31

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