Two 19th c. paper manuscripts previously owned by Prof. Slotkin of Cincinnati, now housed in the School of Celtic Studies Library, Dublin. Dunnington MS 1: Ossianic verse, romances and miscellaneous poetry; scribe: William Breatnach. Dunnington MS 2: Leabhar Dubh Breatnaigh: verse; scribe: Tomás Ó hIceadha. With indexes.
Examines a small set of MSS written by an otherwise unknown scribe named Riobart Mhac Dhuibhfhir (fl. 1776–1799): 1. Cur síos ar na lámhscríbhinní [RIA 23 D 24; Eg. 182; Eg. 161; NUIG Hyde 10; TCD 10565; RIA 23 A 2]; 2. Riobart Mhac Dhuibhfhir; 3. Cnuasach lámhscríbhinní Dhubhglais de hÍde.
de Brún (Pádraig): Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge i Ros Cré.
InÉigse 17/2 (Geimhreadh, 1977–1978), pp. 215–219.
Description of 6 Irish language MSS from Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea (Roscrea 1–6): 1. Foras Feasa ar Éirinn; 2. Cúirt an Mheán Oíche; 3. Laoi na Mná Móire; Tuireamh na hÉireann; 4. Lucerna Fidelium; 5. Meascra; 6. Bileog fáin.
2 fasciculi
Fasc I. [Manuscripts in Waterford, Kilkenny and Fermoy.] 1978. 175 pp.
Fasc II. [Manuscripts in Armagh, Clongowes Wood, Longford, Dublin (Jesuit Archives, Leeson St), Clonakilty, and Maynooth.] 1980. 239 pp.
Addendum in IMN (1983), p. 150.
Rev. by
N. J. A. Williams, in Éigse 17/4 (Geimhreadh, 1977-1979), pp. 575-577 (fasc. 1).
N. J. A. Williams, in Éigse 18/2 (1981), pp. 314-315 (fasc. 2).
Gillis (John): The Faddan More Psalter: the discovery and conservation of a medieval treasure.
Dublin: National Museum of Ireland in association with Wordwell, 2021. xxvii + 311 pp. illus.
In Appendices: 4. Faddan More Psalter: identified psalm text from the Vulgate; 5. Extant psalm beginnings in the Faddan More psalter; 6. Abbreviations in the Faddan More text [with photographs].
Rev. by
Georgios Boudalis, in Journal of paper conservation 23/3 (2022), pp. 110-113.