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Uraicept Na nÉigeas

19th cent. Paper. 24.5 × 19 cms. 116 pp. (numbering on recto by Phillipps, that on verso modern). Scribe: Ioseph Ó Longáin (unsigned). Rubricated. A letter 18.5 × 11 cms (not part of the main manuscript) in the hand of John Windele is inserted between pp. 114 and 115.

Bound in red half-russian (by Bretherton 1849) with `Langan's Uraicept na Neigeas' in gilt and 21893' labelled on spine; `21893,' `Written by Joseph Langan' (in Phillipps's hand) and `Phillipps MS 21893' inside front cover; `Uraicept na Neigeas or Poetical Preceptor' written and `Langan's Uraicept na Neigeas' labelled on recto of front end-paper. Listed under `Miscellaneous MSS. 1868' in Phillipps's Catalogus.

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1 `Araicecht annso sís.' Beg. Incipit auraicept na neigeas. Ends (p. 112) is inunn a tuistiud ┐ a selbad. Finit. Amen. The Lecan version of the text. Pp. 113-16 blank.

Letter (inserted between p. 114 and p. 115) dated `Blair's Castle Cork 15 May 1848' from Windele to Long concerning a manuscript which escaped their search `when examining the Bishop's Collection.' Mention is made of a recent visit of `Mr. McAdam of Belfast,' during which time the latter examined Windele's Irish books and paid tribute to Long's penmanship and wished he were near him in Belfast; Windele suggests that Long might go there.