Yellow Book of Lecan

The Yellow Book of Lecan (Irish Leabhar Buidhe Lecain ) is a medieval Irish manuscript, which was created later than the early 15th century. The name is derived from Lecan Castle, where the book was written, today only a ruin in the west of County Sligo. It is in Trinity College, Dublin and kept can not be the Leabhar Mór Leacain ( " The Big Book of Lecan " ) are confused.

Content

The manuscript contains 344 columns of text, most of which were first written 289 by the year 1391 and the remaining by 1401. The language is Middle Irish.

The book contains almost the entire Ulster Cycle, together with a piecewise version of the Táin Bó Cúailnge, which is a collection of two or more earlier versions. In addition, the book contains two stories of a trilogy, namely Fled Dúin na nGéd ( " The Feast of Dun na nGéd " ) and Cath Maige Rátha ( "The Battle of Mag Rath " ) - the third part, Buile Suibne ( " Suibnes madness " ), was recorded later - further Immram Curaig Maile Dúin ( " the boat ride of Máel Dúin " ), some legends from the historical or king - cycle and a narrative about the life of St. Patrick, tells the story of Fintan.

History

Edward Lhuyd received the book from two sources: from Ruaidhri Ó Flaithbheartaigh in March 1700 in a park, Spidéal; or Dathi Óg Ó Dubhda from Bunnyconnellan, County Sligo, in the same year. Ó Ó Dubhda Flaithbheartaigh and got it probably from Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh, whose family has written and kept the book. Lhuyd combined seventeen manuscripts into a single work and gave him the title: The Yellow Book of Lecan.

Some of the manuscripts were written 1398-1417 by Nollaig Ó Muraíle.