British Library, MS Egerton 88
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Egerton MS 88 is a late sixteenth-century Irish manuscript, now housed in the British Library Egerton Collection, London. It is the work of members of the O'Davorens (Irish: Ó Duibhdábhoireann), a distinguished family of lawyers in Corcomroe, County Clare, and was compiled between 1564 and 1569 under the supervision of Domhnall Ó Duibhdábhoireann.
The document is an important collection of medieval Irish legal texts, literature, grammatical works and legal glossaries.
References
- Welch, Robert. Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford, 1996. 420.
External links
- [http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/odavoren/egerton_88.htm Contents of Egerton 88], Clare Library.
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Category:Irish-language manuscripts
Category:16th-century manuscripts
Category:Early Irish literature
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