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PARHAM MS. LXXXIII. LIVES of Irish saints, etc. Irish. The texts in this MS. are of a type commonly found in MSS. written in co. Cork in the 18th and 19th centt. For a fuller description see Catalogue of Irish MSS., vol. ii (cited below as Cat.), p. 455.

1. Geoffrey Keating's Eochair-sgiath an Aifrinn. See Cat., p. 570. f. 1.

2. Modern Irish version of the life of St. Patrick by Jocelyn of Furness. Cf. Cat., p. 458 (Add. 18948, art. 1). f. 55.

3. Modern Irish version of the life of St. Bridget, based on the life by Cogitosus and the summary version of the life attributed to St. Ultan printed in Capgrave's Nova Legenda Anglie, ed. Horstmann, i, p. 153. f. 77.

4. Homily on the life of St. Peter, beg. " Fiafruighidh Íosa Críost mac Dé (mar adeir S. Matha) an cheist so dá apstalaibh." f. 84 b.

5. Homily on the life of St. Paul, beg. "Ar na fhaicsin do Dhia uilechómhachtach an buaireadh agus an cathúghadh do bhi ar chlainn Israel San Éigipt" as in Cat of Irish MSS. ii, p. 456, l. 9. f. 90 b.

6 Homily on the life of St. Sebastian, beg. " An patriarc Jacob antan do bhí ag ionghaire caorach athar a chéile." f. 96.

7. Homily on St. Alexius, beg. " Ameasg gach teagasg tharbhaig dá dtug Íosa Críost." f. 100 b.

8. Life of St. Margaret. The Modern Irish form (without the poetry) of the life found in the 15th cent. MS. Eg. 1781, art. 11 (Cat., p. 531). f. 114.

9. Life of St. Bairre (Findbarr), patron of Cork, as found in many modern MSS. (cf. C. Plummer, Vitae Sanctorum Hibernorum i, p. xxxii). Copied from a MS. written by Eoghan Ó Caoimh, the poet. f. 107.

10. Life of St. Thomas of Canterbury. Printed from two Maynooth MSS. in Irisleabhar Muighe Nuadhad, 1912, p. 69. The immediate source of the life has not been identified. It begins with the legend of Becket's Saracen mother (interpolated in late MSS. of the life by Grim and printed by Robertson, Materials for the History of Thomas Becket, ii, p. 453), and gives a succinct account of the life and martyrdom. f. 112 b.

11. Account of the Israelites from Abraham to the passage of the Red Sea. f. 116 b.

12. Life of St. Carthach or Mochuda, Bishop of Lismore, as printed by P. Power, Lives of SS. Declan and Mochuda, Irish Texts Soc., xvi, p. 74. lt is a modern translation of the Latin life as printed by C. Plummer, Vitae Sanct. Hib., i, p. 170 (cf. ib., p. xlviii). f. 124 b.

13. The Irish version of Pseudo-Bonaventura, Meditationes Vitae Christi, cf. Add. 11809, art. 1 (Cat., p. 546), and Eg. 137, art. 1 (Cat., p. 552), with which last the present copy is in general agreement. f. 137. Paper; ff. iii + 193. 8 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. A.D. 1807-1808. Written by Seán Ó Deoradháin at Mitchelstown, co. Cork. Art. 9 was copied from a MS. written by Eoghan Ó Caoimh. Decorative initials of the type used by the Cork scribe, Seán Ó Murchadha na Ráthíneach (cf. Cat., p. 385). Calf binding (19th cent.), blind-tooled. Not in Curzon Cat.

Saints: Lives of Irish saints: 1807-1808.: Irish.

Irish MSS: : A.D. 1807-1808.

Seán O Deoradháin: Wrote: in 1807-1808.

includes:

f. 1 Geoffrey Keating: Eochair-sgiath an Aifrinn: 1807.: Irish.
f. 55 Jocelyn, of Furness: Version of his life of St. Patrick: 1807.: Modern Irish.
f. 55 Saint Patrick: Life of, by Jocelyn Furness : modern Irish version: 1807.
f. 77 Bridget, St. (d. 523): Life of: 1807.: Irish.
f. 84 b Saint Peter,; Apostle and martyr: Life of: 1807.: Irish.
f. 90 b Saint Paul: Life of: 1807.: Irish.
f. 96 Saint Sebastian: Life of: 1807.: Irish.
f. 100 b Saint Alexius: Life of: 1807.
f. 107 Reverend Eoghan O Caoimh, poet: Life of St. Bairre copied from MS. written by: 1807.
f. 107 Saint Bairre,; of Cork: Life of: 1807.: Irish.
f. 112 b Saint Thomas Becket,; Archbishop of Canterbury: Life of: 1807.: Irish.
f.114 Saint Margaret: Life of: 1807.: Irish.
f. 116 b Jews: Account of the Israelites from Abraham to the Passage of the Red Sea: 1807.: Irish.
f. 124 b Saint Carthach,; or Mochacla; Bishop of Lismore: Life of: 1808.: Irish.
f. 137 Our Saviour Jesus Christ: Version of Pseudo-Bonaventura, Meditationes Vitae Christi: 1808.: Irish.
f.137 Saint Bonaventura,; Cardinal-bishop of Albano: Version of the same: 1808.: Irish.

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Add MS 39583-39671 : PARHAM MANUSCRIPTS. These eighty-nine MSS., 39583-39671, were bequeathed, with Oriental MSS. 8729-8855, by Darea Curzon,…

Add MS 39665 : PARHAM MS. LXXXIII. LIVES of Irish saints, etc. Irish. The texts in this MS. are of a type commonly found in MSS. written in co. Cork…

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1807

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1808

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1807-1808

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Names:

Alexius, Saint, of Add MS 39665
Bairre, Saint, of Cork; Bishop and Abbot, 550-623
Becket, Thomas, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, ?1120-1170,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000114532436,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/100187947
Bonaventure, Saint, born Giovanni di Fidanza; scholastic theologian, 1221-1274,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000045724994X
Bridget, St. (d. 523)
Carthach, Saint, or Mochacla; Bishop of Lismore
Jesus Christ, c 6 BC-c 30,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000403006061,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/299030644
Jocelyn, of Furness
Keating, Geoffrey
Margaret, Saint, of Add MS 39665
O Caoimh, Eoghan, Reverend; poet
O Deoradháin, Seán
Patrick, St
Paul, Saint, of Add MS 39593
Peter, Saint, Apostle and martyr
Sebastian, Saint