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An Scáthán Spioradálta

18th cent. Paper. 15.4 × 9.7 cms. Pp. 432. Scribe: Seón mac Solaidh, 1724 (p. 26). Richard Tipper states in the following note on the inside of the front cover that the ms. was written for him: Leabhair Riosdard Tuibear do sgríobh Seóin mac Solaidh dho íar son leabhair eile do sgriobh an sealbhadóir an leabhair si dhó i R.T. B.M. Eg. 191 is another copy of An Scáthán Spioradálta by the same scribe written in the same year. For information regarding the original on which this text is based see B.M. ii, p. 594. The present ms. contains the Irish author's Preface (acephalous) together with the colophon (p. 2) both of which are also found in ms. no. 22 in the Franciscan Library, Dublin (written 1767). This colophon is not included in the only complete copy of the text in R.I.A. (23 B 31 written 1824). The present ms. and the Franciscan ms. also contain a "Table of Discourses" (p. 3 infra) and a list of authors cited (p. 25 infra). A few leaves are lost at the beginning of this ms., one of which contained the beginning of the Preface. This loss would seem to have occurred before the ms. came into Edward O'Reilly's possession (no. 40 of his collection) because the 26 pages preceding the text, which have been left unnumbered by the scribe, agree with the number noted by O'Reilly in his catalogue (R.I.A. 23 H 1, no. 40). The scribal pagination begins with the text proper (now p. 27) with the following errors: pp. 28-29 occur twice, p. 37 should read 35, after p. 124 comes 123. A modern pencilled pagination has been adopted in the present catalogue. The quatrain on p. 429 (see infra) is in a different and later hand. The ms. is bound in leather. Phillipps Ms. 10292.

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1 Tomás mac Gabhráin. An Scáthán Spioradálta. Preface (acephalous) beg. here (p. 1) go madh eidir leo gan mhaill a nglanadh bíaidh da bhrigh sin a leabhran sa. Concludes (p. 2) with Iarraim fos mar athchuinge ar gach áon dheanus usáid no leighfios an leabhransa aoin Ave Mariae do radh le grasa an úghdair do chuir a nGáoilge e. bur searbhfonnta umhol .i. Tomais mac Gabhráin brathair bocht do ord Saint Proinnsias.

3 Clár comraidh agas cheistionna an leabhair si. Beg. An Chéad Chómhradh. 1 An chéad cheisd. cread iad na neithe do rinne Dia a ttosach an domain.

25 List of authors cited. Beg. Ag so sios anmanna na nughdar is eifeachtaigh da ndentar scitation san obairse a lathair. Concludes (p. 26) with Ag sin críoch chlair na nughdar ata san lebransa. ar na sgriobadh le Seón mac Solaidh an bliadain 1724.

27 Text proper headed Scathán Spioradalta thrachtus ar thosach ┐ ar chrich na beathadh daonna. Beg. An Chead Caib. An Maighister. Ansna laethibh do chúaidh thorainn do chuiris chugam ceasta ro eifeachtach cuiríalta ar nach ttugas freagra an úairsin. Breaks off (imperfectly) p. 427 at point corresponding to p. 327 of R.I.A. 23 B 31 (where the text ends on top of p. 329).

428 Blank.

429 (in later unidentified hand) Beg. A Shacsanaigh ghranhda dhuibh/do thainig anall tar muir, 1 q. The rest of the page is blank.

430 Blank.