MIrA 243: Book of Deer: Cambridge, University Library, Ii.6.32

Stable URL: http://mira.ie/243
S Script: Irish
V Vernacular content

Identifiers

CountryUK
LocationCambridge, University Library
ShelfmarkIi.6.32 [library images]
MS nameBook of Deer
MIrA number243

Description

No. of folios86
Page height (cm)15.7
Page width (cm)10.8
ScriptIrish minuscule
ContentsGospels; liturgical rite for visitation of the sick (28v–29r)

History

Datingc. 850–1000, prob. IX¹ (850–950)
OriginDeer (Scotland)

Resources

Catalogue entries/identifiers
  • Alexander, no. 72
Other resources

Notes

Old Irish colophon and notes on liturgy.

References

  • Alexander, J.J.G., Insular manuscripts, 6th to the 9th century (London, 1978).
  • Bronner, Dagmar, Verzeichnis altirischer Glossen. Vorläufige Version (Marburg, 2013). https://hal.science/hal-01638388/.
  • Stokes, Whitley and John Strachan (eds), Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus: a Collection of Old-Irish Glosses, Scholia, Prose, and Verse, 3 vols (Cambridge, 1901–1910).

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