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Book of Ballymote
Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12
Book of Ballymote, f. 8r
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]
Ballymote
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Location of Ballymote in Ireland
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.
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]
^Royal Irish Academy. "MS 23 P 12 (The Book of Ballymote)". Meamram Páipéar Ríomhaire / Irish Script on Screen. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^Sellar, W.D.H. (October 1966). "The Origins and Ancestry of Somerled". The Scottish Historical Review. 45 (140): 125. JSTOR 25528658.
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