Bishop William Bedell's Irish bible, c 1640
Scope and Contents
The second volume of the original of William Bedell's Irish bible, from Isaiah to the end of the apocrypha. On the title page is written 'Chronicon sacrum. Biblia sacra'; on the first page is the title 'Leabar an Faigh Isaiah'; then follows a summary of the contents of the chapter and then begins 'Fis Isaiah mic Amos ...'. Afterwards come the prophets in order, to Malachi; then Esdras (ii.), Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, Song of the three children, Susanna, Bel and the dragon, prayer of Manasseh, and two books of Maccabees. The end is too much mutilated to be read. Continues the Irish translation of the Old Testament from Dublin, Marsh's Library, MS Z 4.2.3a-b. Includes the prophetic books and apocryphal books omitted from the print publication.
Dates
- Creation: c 1640
Creator
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Extent
1 volume(s) (396 leaves.)
Language of Materials
Irish
Custodial History
Apparently from the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’). Originally written for William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh. Subsequently possibly in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, but 'lost' by 1705. (See Padraig de Brun and Marie Herbert, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries (Cambridge, 1986), pp. 1-3 and Appendix I.)
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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