Lebor na hUidre
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"Book of the Dun Cow" redirects here. For the novel by Walter Wangerin Jr., see The Book of the Dun Cow (novel).
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 67 leaves remain and many of the texts are incomplete. It is named after an anachronistic legend that it was made from the hide of a dun cow by Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise.
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Lebor na hUidre | |
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Royal Irish Academy | |
Also known as | Book of the Dun Cow |
Type | Compilation of early Irish literature |
Date | Before 1106 (with later additions) |
Place of origin | Clonmacnoise |
Language(s) | Middle Irish, with some Latin words |
Scribe(s) | Máel Muire mac Céilechair and two others |
Material | Vellum |
Size | 32cm x 24cm |
Format | Folio |
Condition | Damaged, only 67 pages remaining |
Script | Irish minuscule |
Discovered | 1844 |
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