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1. Egerton MS 159

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 159
Title:
Collection of medical tracts in Irish
Scope & Content:
Medical tracts compiled from various sources. A detailed description of this manuscript is provided by O'Grady and Flower, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts, i, pp. 280-85. Contents: ff. 1r-2v: Definitions taken from Bernard de Gordon's Lilium Medicinæ. ff. 3r-7r: Medical maxims and definitions...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish and Latin
Date Range:
1592
Extent:
1 volume

2. Egerton MS 1782

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1782
Title:
Collection of Irish religious, historical, mythological and legal texts in verse and prose
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a collection of religious, historical and mythological Irish texts in verse and prose, including the only extant copy of Aislinge Óenguso. The manuscript is the work of several scribes of the Ó Maolconaire, a learned family of lawyers and historians, known as also for compil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Irish
Date Range:
1516-1518
Extent:
1 volume

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