The medieval manuscripts of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin / Raymond Gillespie & Raymond Refaussé, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gillespie, Raymond.

Refaussé, Raymond.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Medieval--Ireland.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

192 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts, [2006]

Summary:

This book studies one of the most remarkable collections of medieval manuscripts in Ireland. In the popular mind the medieval archives of Ireland were all destroyed in the Four Courts fire of 1922 but this is far from the truth. From the 1170s the Augustinian cathedral priory at Christ Church in Dublin commissioned, collected and used manuscript materials in its everyday life. In the process it created an important series of codices and deeds that remained in the cathedral and so survived the Public Record Office fire. This significant assemblage of material from the twelfth-century martyrology to the sixteenth-century ‘Book of Obits’ reflects the changing religious, social, cultural and intellectual concerns of the world in which they were written. Each essay analyzes a manuscript and places it in its wider context. This volume makes a significant contribution to the intellectual and cultural history of medieval Ireland.

Contents:

The Christ Church manuscript in context / Raymond Refausš 13

The Calendar and Martyrology of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin / Pd̀raig Ó Riain 33

The Liber niger of Christ church cathedral, Dublin / Colmǹ Ó Clabaigh 60

The de Derby Psalter of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin / Alan J. Fletcher 81

The Christ Church deeds / Raymoned Gillespie 103

The Liber albus of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin / Alan J. Fletcher 129

The Book of Obits of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin / Colm Lennon 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1851829857

9781851829859

OCLC:

71285611