Book of Ballymote
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The Book of Ballymote (Irish: Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta, RIA MS 23 P 12, 275 foll.), was written in 1390 or 1391 in or near the town of Ballymote, now in County Sligo, but then in the tuath of Corann.
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Book of Ballymote | |
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Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 | |
Also known as | Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta |
Type | Miscellany |
Date | 1390–1391 |
Place of origin | Ballymote |
Language(s) | Middle Irish, with some Latin |
Scribe(s) | Solamh Ó Droma, Roibéard Mac Síthigh, Maghnus Ó Duibheannáin |
Patron | Tomaltagh McDonagh |
Material | Parchment |
Size | 40 × 26 cm |
Format | Folio |
Condition | Imperfect |
Script | Irish minuscule |
Contents | Genealogy, history, hagiography, topography |
Illumination(s) | Interlace initials, mainly zoomorphic, tinted with coloured washes[1] |
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According to David Sellar who was the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland, the Book of Ballymote was written from between 1384 and 1405.[2]