Add MS 37630

"SGATHÁN an Chrabhaidh" or "The Mirror of Devotion." Irish. The translation by Florence Conroy, Archbishop of Tuam, from the Spanish work entitled Tratado llamado el Desseoso y por otre nombre Espejo de religiosos, Toledo, 1542, for which see Brunet, Manuel, ed. 1861, ii. p. 627. There is an English translation of Part i. in Roy MS. 7 A. xii., f. 6. Printed at Louvain, 1616, under the title Emanuel. Leabhar ina bhfuil modh iarrata agus fhaghala fhorbhtheachda na beathadh riaghaltha ar attugadh drong airiglithe Sgáthan an crábhaidh drong oile Desiderius. In several hands. Imperfect at the beginning, wanting the introductory matter and chap. i. The first leaf is mutilated. The note beginning: "Do thaithnig an leabhránsa chomhinór," which follows the titlepage in the Louvain edition, is, however, written in the second hand on a leaf inserted (f. 2) with the title (not in the Louivain ed.) "an fear friotail aur an leghthora," i.e. "the translator to the reader." Chap. vi. of Part i., which ends abruptly at the words "nidh heilgal do " (f. 9, Louvain ed. p. 33) is written in a third hand on different paper, several blank leaves of which follow. The text is resumed in a fourth hand in the middle of chap. xiv. at the words "agad fein nach fuil ag do chomharsuin" (f. 10, Louvain ed. p. 92, ad fin.). At f. 101 b the first hand reappears and continues to the end. Ends (Part iii. chap. xv.) at the words "ata am Righ am shearbhontaigh" (f. 113 b, Louvain cd. p. 343). Paper; ff. 103. 7½ in. x 6 in. (f. 2, 7½ in. x 5.1/8 in.). XVIII. cent. Presented by Hr. Charles A. Wray.