Annals ('The Annals of Inisfallen') — 1092–15th century; Irish
MS. Rawl. B. 503
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Annals ('The Annals of Inisfallen') — 1092–15th century; Irish
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 503
Date
1092–15th century
Language
Latin
Irish
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (parchment, conjoint with pastedown) + 57 + i (parchment, conjoint with pastedown) leaves
Hands
One scribe to fol. 29r col. 3 line 29 (end of 1092)
Twenty-eight contemporary scribes, fols. 29r-44v(b31), covered 1092-1214.
Ten further scribes on fols. 45r-57v, covering 1214-1326.
Further scribes (not distinguished by Ó Cuiv) contributed additions and marginal entries.
Decoration
Coloured initials.
Binding
17th-century brown leather on pasteboards, with Sir James Ware's armorial crest in gilt on both covers; rebacked, Bodleian, 19th century.
Former limp parchment binding, with Sir James Ware's title 'Annales coenobii Inisfallensis' and pressmark ('Vol. XXVI'), preserved as fols. i and 58 and the front and back pastedowns.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
Sir James Ware, 1594–1666 (William O'Sullivan, 'A finding list of Sir James Ware's manuscripts', Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature 97C/2 (1997)), libri historici XXVI.
Henry, Earl of Clarendon; pressmark 'Volumen 18.s' on the back pastedown (cf. O'Sullivan, 75-6).
His sale 1709; acquired by James Bryges, Duke of Chandos.
His sale, 1747.
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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Title
The Annals of Inisfallen
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 503
Date
1092–15th century
Language
Latin
Irish
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson B: English History
The Annals of Inisfallen
