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51. Add MS 40767

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Title:
FIACC's HYMN on St. Patrick and Broccán's hymn on St. Bridget, translated into Modern Irish. In the hand of Richard Plunket (cf. Egerton MS. 186), who, according to O'Reilly, Iberno- Celtic Soc. Trans., 1820, p. xxxiii, was "a neglected genius of the county of Meath" and translated these two hymns in 1792. The versions begin respectively "Rugad Padruig a Nemthur" (f. 1) and "Nior ghradhaighe Brighid bhuadhach an saoghal" (f. 3 b). For the Old Irish originals see Stokes and Strachan, Thesauru...
Scope & Content:
Richard Plunket, of county Meath: Versions of hymns on SS. Patrick and Bridget in hand of: 18th cent.: Modern Irish. Irish MSS: Versions of hymns on SS. Patrick and Bridget, [by R. Plunket ?]: late 18th cent.: Modern Irish. Hymns: Versions of hymns on SS. Patrick and Bridget: late 18th cent.: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Irish
Date Range:
c 1792
Extent:
1 item

52. Add MS 43788

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Title:
IRISH HISTORICAL TALES AND ANNALS: a miscellaneous collection of late tales from Munster history, annalistic entries and genealogies chiefly of Munster origin. Irish. Contents:- (1) 'Ionsaighe Mháighe Leana sonn. A.D. 192', a late historical tale, cf. Cat. of Irish MSS., ii, p. 399. ff. 1- 20 b;-(2) Annalistic notices, merging into an account of the battle of Ceann Abhrad, cf. Cat., ii, pp. 330, 400. ff. 21-21 b;-(3) 'Cath Maighe Muchroimhe annso' a late historical tale, cf. Cat., ii, PP. 4...
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Séamus O'Coindealbháin, of Rathkeale, county Limerick: Wrote: in 1819. Irish MSS: Historical tales, genealogies, poems, etc.: collected 1816-1822.: Irish. Ireland: Tales, annals, etc., of early Irish history: collected 1816-1822.: Irish. includes: ff. 77-108b Genealogies: Collections for t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Irish
Date Range:
1819
Extent:
1 item

53. Add MS 43789

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS IRISH COLLECTIONS IN PROSE AND VERSE. Irish. Contents:- (1) 'Gramere an Gaoidheilge', a treatise in English, with Irish examples, on the classification of Irish consonants and diphthongs, cf. Cat. of Irish MSS., ii, p. 229. ff. 2-12;-Abbreviations used in late Irish MSS. ff. 12b-15;- Names of the Ogham letters and some mnemonic verses beg. 'Coll ar ailm an Ogham (sic)' (cf. Cat., ii, p. 60), 'béith uath ailm déingid' and 'beith na haonar damh do lamh dhéis' (cf. Cat., i, p....
Scope & Content:
Ireland: Tales, annals, etc., of early Irish history: collected 1816-1822.: Irish. Irish MSS: Historical tales, genealogies, poems, etc.: collected 1816-1822.: Irish. includes: ff. 1-76b Tales: Munster historical tales: 1816.: Irish.ff. 2-12 Grammar: Treatise on the classification of Iris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Irish
Date Range:
1816-1822
Extent:
1 item

54. Add MS 45525

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SERMONS, in Latin, for Pentecost and the following twelve Sundays by an Irish priest. The places at which they were delivered are in some cases indicated and belong to cos. Louth and Meath. Interspersed in the volume are prayers in Latin and English, with (at f. 38) two in Irish (suggesting a Northern dialect); Irish equivalents for English and Latin words; and (at ff. 85, 97) two quatrains and a charm in Irish. Reference is made to the manuscript in the Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the...
Scope & Content:
Sermons: For Pentecost and the following Sundays by an Irish priest: 18th cent.: Lat. Irish MSS: Glosses, etc.: 18th cent.: Modern Irish. includes: f. 38 Prayers: Prayer for grace: 18th cent.: Irish and Engl.f. 71 Prayers: Prayer at moment of death: 18th cent.ff. 85, 87 Poetry Irish: Tw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

55. Add MS 88942

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Title:
The Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)
Scope & Content:
The British Library collection contains notebooks, letters, photographs, diaries, unbound Assyriological and mathematical folios, natural specimens in herbaria, offprints of Talbot’s articles, patents, artefacts and a small selection of books from Talbot’s library. Whilst the covering dates of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1732-1952
Extent:

849 files

56. Add MS 88942/1

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Title:
William Henry Fox Talbot: Notebooks and loose notes
Scope & Content:
Talbot's notebooks testify to his wide-ranging intellectual and practical scientific interests, which extended far beyond pioneering photographic research and invention to encompass research in mathematics, optics, astronomy, botany, horticulture, Assyriology, philology, and many associated aven...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, Coptic, Cypriot, Danish, Dutch, Egyptian (Ancient), English, French, Gaelic, German, German, Middle High, Germanic languages, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Hindi, Icelandic, Indo-European languages, Irish, Italian, Latin, Pashto, Persian, Persian, Old, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Syriac, Turkish, Ottoman, and Welsh
Date Range:
1778-1877
Extent:
386 folders

57. Add MS 88942/1/64

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains etymological notes on Greek, Latin, German, Danish, Italian, Persian, and lists of words with 'uncertain and doubtful origin'. Back to front (upside-down): lists of population figures for England, Wales, Scotland, and other partly demographical figures and accounts of Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, French, Gaelic, Greek, Ancient, Irish, Italian, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, and Welsh
Date Range:
1830s
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 40 pages of text), 23 loose sheets (23 folios, 44 pages of text)