The three named scribes are Robeartus Mac Sithigh, Solamh Ó Droma, and Maghnus Ó Duibhgeannáin. [1.] The scribal hands; [2.] The distribution of the hands; [3.] The date and background of the manuscript (Baile an Mhóta; Clann Aedhagáin; the north Connacht background; probable date of BB: before end of fourteenth century).