Edward Gwynn: The Dindshenchas Manuscripts
From The Metrical Dindshenchas vol. 5, 3-11, 25.
Manuscripts containing more or less complete copies of the second recension, both prose and verse:
- B. The Book of Ballymote, pp. 349-410.
- R. The Rennes MS, ff. 90-125.
- M. The Book of the Hui Maine, Royal Irish Academy, Stowe, D. II 1, ff. 143-169.
- Lc. The Book of Lecan, Royal Irish Academy, 23 P. 2, pp. 461-525.
- Y. The Yellow Book of Lecan, Trinity College Dublin, H. 2 16, pp. 438-455 of facsimile.
- S. Royal Irish Academy, Stowe, D. II 2.
- S2. Royal Irish Academy, Stowe, B. II 2. A fragment.
- S3. Royal Irish Academy, Stowe, B. III 1.
- H. Trinity College Dublin, MS H. 3. 3 (1322).
- B2. Trinity College Dublin, MS H. 2. 4, pp. 462-590 (an 18th century copy of B).
- H2. Trinity College Dublin, MS H. 1. 15 (1289), pp. 409-532 (another 18th century copy of B).
- H4. Trinity College Dublin, MS H. 2. 15 b (1317), pp. 157 to end (a copy of H).
- V. Royal Irish Academy, Reeves 832, pp. 61-197.
Small groups of poems belonging in the main to the second recension occur in the following manuscripts:
- S4. Royal Irish Academy, Stowe, D. IV 2, ff. 55, 56.
- E. Trinity College Dublin, MS E. 4. 1 (1436)., pp. 85-88.
- H3. Trinity College Dublin, MS H. 1. 12 (1286) part 2, pp. 97-end; a copy of E.
- X. Royal Irish Academy, 23 N. 11, pp. 17-26.
The First Recension: The Dindshenchas in the Book of Leinster.
- LU. The Book of Leinster, pp. 151-170 and 191-216 of facsimile.
The First Recension: Bd. and Ed.
- Bd. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B. 506.
- Ed. Edinburgh, Advocates Library, MS Kilbride XVI.
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