Ad
related to: sacred books of the east and early literature of ireland known as the second
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The document is valuable for containing early texts relating to St Patrick, the 7th century Irish bishop Tírechán, the Irish monk Muirchú. [1] The book contains some of the oldest surviving specimens of Old Irish and for being one of the earliest manuscripts produced by an insular church to contain a near complete copy of the New Testament. [2]
Early Irish literature, is commonly dated from the 8th or 9th to the 15th century, a period during which modern literature in Irish began to emerge. It stands as one of the oldest vernacular literature in Western Europe, with its roots extending back to late antiquity, as evident from inscriptions utilizing both Irish and Latin found on Ogham stones dating as early as the 4th century.
Lebor na hUidre (Middle Irish: [ˈl͈ʲevor nˠə ˈhuiðʲrʲə], LU) or the Book of the Dun Cow (MS 23 E 25) is an Irish vellum manuscript dating to the 12th century. It is the oldest extant manuscript in Irish. It is held in the Royal Irish Academy and is badly damaged: only
Lebor Gabála Érenn (literally "The Book of Ireland's Taking"; Modern Irish spelling: Leabhar Gabhála Éireann, known in English as The Book of Invasions) is a collection of poems and prose narratives in the Irish language intended to be a history of Ireland and the Irish from the creation of the world to the Middle Ages. There are a number ...
Sacred Books of the East. The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 2 Great Book of Lecan: c. 1380 x 1417 [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 3 1467 (first part) Composite manuscript, consisting of three parts. [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 23 P 12 Book of Ballymote: 1384–1406 [1] Dublin, Royal Irish Academy 24 P 26 Book of Fenagh: 16th century Dublin, Royal Irish Academy ...
Pages in category "Early Irish literature" ... Book of Fermoy; Book of Leinster; Book of the White Earl; The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn; Braflang Scóine;
The first printed book in Ireland was the Book of Common Prayer. [33] Access to the printing press was hindered in the 1500s and 1600s by official caution, although an Irish version of the Bible (known as Bedell's Bible after the Anglican clergyman who commissioned it) was published in the 17th century. A number of popular works in Irish, both ...