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The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator

The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator

An account of Irish affairs, 1162-1370

When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situated today. Anyone who wanted to...When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey...
Author/Editor: Bernadette Williams, editor
Time’s Subjects

Time’s Subjects

Horology and Literature in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of intellectual theories about historical sequences and the contours of peoples’ lives, as well...There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood
Ireland and the Crusades

Ireland and the Crusades

The crusades – a broad term encompassing a disparate series of military expeditions, with the avowed intent of preserving/expanding Christianity and the heterodoxy of the Roman Church – were a quintessential phenomenon of moral and...The crusades – a broad term encompassing a disparate series of military expeditions, with the avowed intent of preserving/expanding Christianity...
Author/Editor: Edward Coleman, Paul Duffy & Tadhg O'Keeffe, editors
Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Cultures and connections

Manuscripts that were made and used in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms before the Norman conquest of England are treasure troves of art and text. Many of these books and documents were brought together in the British...Manuscripts that were made and used in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms before the Norman conquest of England are treasure troves of...
Author/Editor: Claire Breay & Joanna Story, editors
Trinity College Library Dublin

Trinity College Library Dublin

A descriptive catalogue of manuscripts containing Middle English and some Old English

The world-famous collection of manuscripts in Trinity College Library Dublin largely consists of items which came to the College in 1661 from the library of Archbishop James Ussher, primate of All Ireland, who had been...The world-famous collection of manuscripts in Trinity College Library Dublin largely consists of items which came to the College in...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood, with Niamh Pattwell & Emma Williams
In enigmate

In enigmate

The history of a riddle, 400–1500

This book is a study of a single riddle as it is transmitted, translated and transformed over more than a thousand years. Beginning with the influential late antique riddle text Aenigmata Symphosii, In Enigmate charts...This book is a study of a single riddle as it is transmitted, translated and transformed over more than a...
Author/Editor: Erin Sebo
Four Offaly Saints

Four Offaly Saints

The Lives of Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Ciarán of Seir, Colmán of Lynally and Fíonán of Kinnitty

Lying just south of the line that divided Ireland’s two halves, Leath Chuinn to the north and Leath Mhogha to the south, the churches of the present county of Offaly could scarcely have been other...Lying just south of the line that divided Ireland’s two halves, Leath Chuinn to the north and Leath Mhogha to...
Author/Editor: Pádraig Ó Riain
Medieval Welsh Poems

Medieval Welsh Poems

This anthology of Welsh poems from c.575 to c.1525 offers the general reader the most substantial collection of medieval Welsh verse yet rendered into English, in translations that will support the claim that this poetry...This anthology of Welsh poems from c.575 to c.1525 offers the general reader the most substantial collection of medieval Welsh...
Author/Editor: Joseph P. Clancy
The Early Finn Cycle

The Early Finn Cycle

The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fíanaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along with the Ulster Cycle, the Cycle of Historical Tales (or Cycles of the Kings) and...The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fíanaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along...
Author/Editor: Kevin Murray
Sacred histories
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Sacred histories

A festschrift for Máire Herbert

This collection of essays in honour of Máire Herbert focuses primarily on the textual culture of Ireland (in Latin and Irish) in its historical context from the medieval to the modern. Contributions engage with genres...This collection of essays in honour of Máire Herbert focuses primarily on the textual culture of Ireland (in Latin and...
Author/Editor: John Carey, Kevin Murray & Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, editors
Latin Psalter manuscripts in Trinity College Dublin and the Chester Beatty Library

Latin Psalter manuscripts in Trinity College Dublin and the Chester Beatty Library

The book of Psalms was at the core of devotional practice in western Christianity throughout the Middle Ages. The study of medieval Latin Psalters provides evidence for the owners, users and makers of each of...The book of Psalms was at the core of devotional practice in western Christianity throughout the Middle Ages. The study...
Author/Editor: Laura Cleaver & Helen Conrad O'Briain
The medieval manuscripts at Maynooth
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The medieval manuscripts at Maynooth

Explorations in the unknown

This book provides an in-depth guide to the Maynooth medieval manuscripts (some sixteen of them, plus fragments) with illustrations. The descriptions of the manuscripts include complete palaeographical and codicological details and full information on the...This book provides an in-depth guide to the Maynooth medieval manuscripts (some sixteen of them, plus fragments) with illustrations. The...
Author/Editor: Peter J. Lucas & Angela M. Lucas