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Ó hUiginn, Pilib Bocht, d. 1487 (poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: d. 1487

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Manuscript of religious verse in Gaelic.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.14
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains an early ‘pot’ watermark. The scribe unknown, but his hand bears family resemblance to that of some Ó Siaghails, e.g. Eoghan Carrach. ‘Saltair’ format, i.e. written along the page, 1 quatrain per line, with single unrelated quatrains at foot of many pages; at folios 1 verso and 5 verso-10 recto these are followed by the date 1582. As manuscript dating this appears consistent with text and watermark. There are many corrections to the text in what appears to be the...
Dates: 1582.