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Eochairsciath an Aifrinn

18th cent. Paper. 19 × 14.5 cms. 186 pp. ([i-xvi] + scribal 1-163, [skipped 164], 165-167, continued in modern pencil to 171). Scribe: Riosda(i)rd Tuibéar, 1713 (pp. xiii, xiv). The entry on p. ii was written by Maurice Gorman and p. vii was written by an unidentified scribe.

Bound in boards now badly worn, front cover loose; pp. ii, iii, v have been strengthened by the binder's fly leaves; the cropping of margins has resulted in occasional loss of text. The last leaf, now numbered pp. 170-171, was subsequently written by the scribe to fill an omission on p. 154 of his text and is indicated by him as follows on this latter page: `leigh a ngob an duilleog bhig thúas'; p. 170 also carries the scribal number 154. `Thomas', `Kerry gallow-glasses', and some arithmetical calculations occur on p. ii and `Séamus Ua Casaide 16.8.1913 / [ceann de leabhraibh Shéamuis Mhic Channa]' on p. iv; `I promise to pay' and other scribbles on p. 169. Ó Casaide ms 28.

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ii The following entry: `this Book is the property of Maurice gorman lent to the Revd. James Pulliene July 15th 1771'.

iii Si quis in hunc librum furtiuos in feratungues. 2 lines; If any chance his filching hands. 1 st.; Leabhar bánsa gídh be shriannas 1 q. `Riosdard Tuibear.'

v (a) Is truaigh sin a leabhrán bhéig bhán. 1 q.; O little book the day will come. 1 st. (b) Outer margin (vertical) [...] geag glan / sgrios na ttiora agus dith na cleire. 1 line. P. vi blank.

vii Do shinn o [sic] Guille Brighde O Gallabhain. 6 qq., the sixth, written vertically in outer margin, now fragmentary.

viii Acephalous. Tract on the best time, with regard to the position of the moon, for sowing different crops. Beg. here Na planntoidh ar mbeith don ghaoith ánoír nó attuiadh. An dára ní madh mían leat planntoidhe no síol do chor a ttalamh ... Ag so an aimsir is imchuibhe dhoibh mar adeir Pliníus an feallsamh ar deireadh ghealuighe. Immediately followed (p. ix) by precepts for each month of the year beg. Januarius .i. mí deirionnach in gheimhridh is maith bheith teissuidhe a mbíadh ┐ a néadach isan mí so. Sechuin fotraicthe. Ends (p. xm) Tabhair cuireadh dona bochtuibh a namsior do dhinnéir. Remainder of page adn pp. xi-xii blank.

xiii Title-page: `Eochair Sciath An Aithfrinn no cosnamh ceart ar argounntibh eiriceach chuireas reampa an tAithfrionn do chuir ar gcúl. / Arna chnúasach agas arná chuir a neagar lé Seathrúin Kéiting sagart et doctuir diadhachta an bhliadhain daoís Chríosd míle sé chéud ┐ dá bhliadhain ar chaogad. / Agus arna sgríobhadh anois lé Riosdard Tuibéar mac Eadhmuinn mic Shiomúin an bhliadhain daoís Chríosd. 1713. / Fhir léignidh do léighfeas an duillesi um dhíaigh.' 1 st. `R. T.'

xiv `Chum an léaghtheoira ón sgríobhneóir.' Is ínmheasda nach duine gan déighbheasa no fear gan fhoghluim ... do chuir roimhe an tiómsach trómshochrach so do chur a neagair et a nórdúighadh ... Et do bhríogh náchar cuireadh a gclódh an obairsi riamh san gcríchsi acht fhágbhail taoibh ris an sgríobhneóiribh et go bhfuilid morán aca soin gan sgáith ar sgribhinn do mhilleadh et do mhiochórúghadh, cuid tré ainbhfios ┐ cuid oile tré shíorbhuaireadh na haímsire ... ionnus go bhfuil iomad earráide et aisdrighthe ar fhuirm ┐ ar fhoclaibh san leabhar so ... ar an adhbhairsoin sirim daisge ... ort (a léaghthoir ionmhuin ...) gan breitheamhnus meardhána do thabhairt air an úghdair gcéadna ... ┐ mar sin gabhaim cead agad et gabh mé ameasg cáich mar dhuine néimhchionntach (ó thoil) san obairsi. `Riosdaird Tuibear. 1713.' P. xv blank. P. xvi `Eochair Sgiath An Aithfrinn / arná thiómsach et arna chuir a neagair lé Seathrúin Kéiting sagairt et dochtúir díadhachta an bhliadhain daoís Chríosd míle sé chéad dá bhlíadhaín déag et dá fhichthid. 1652.'

1 `In Dei nomine Amen. An Réimthionnsgamhadh.' Beg. As an san aimsir sin an díchréidhimh aindiúde Chailbhin cholaidhi et a chloinni. Ends (p. 27i) et do Chríost féin do réir Daibhí san .109. psailm.

27 Eochair Sgiaith An Aithfrinn. `An Chéad Chaibídil iona ttrachtar ar an Aithfrionn et iona suidhthar an tAithfrionn do bhéith ann ar bun a naimsair na nAbstal, et ó sin anúas.' Beg. Adeir Póil san .13. cab. don .c. éip. do sgríobh cum na nEabhreach. Ends (p. 167) ag úghdaraibh oile thrachtas ar chásaibh coguais go huile a gcoithchine. Finit. 18 chapters.

168 List of seven Popes and their individual contribution to the rituals of the Church. Beg. Aurelianus Papa ase do roinne cathair easboig ar tus. Ends (p. 168 m) Melleforus do chuir an ghloir ar tus ar an Aifreann ... nach bía fo ghradhaibh coisearctha. Remainder of page and p. 169 blank.

170(154) Part of the text of Eochairsciath an Aifrinn omitted by the scribe and indicated as such by him on p. 154. See also introductory remarks above.