Book of Leinster
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The Book of Leinster (Middle Irish: Lebor Laignech [ˈl͈ʲevər ˈlaɡʲnʲəx], LL) is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled c. 1160 and now kept in Trinity College Dublin, under the shelfmark MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339). It was formerly known as the Lebor na Nuachongbála "Book of Nuachongbáil", a monastic site known today as Oughaval.
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Book of Leinster | |
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Dublin, TCD, MS 1339 (olim MS H 2.18) | |
Also known as | Lebor Laignech (Modern Irish Leabhar Laighneach); Lebor na Nuachongbála |
Type | miscellany |
Date | 12th century, second half |
Place of origin | Terryglass (County Tipperary) and possibly Oughaval or Clonenagh (County Laois) |
Scribe(s) | Áed Ua Crimthainn |
Size | c. 13″ × 9″; 187 leaves |
Condition | 45 leaves lost, according to manuscript note. |
Previously kept | by the Ó Mhorda and Sir James Ware |
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Some fragments of the book, such as the Martyrology of Tallaght, are now in the collection of University College Dublin.[1]