Gaelic Manuscripts

Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl
by

Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl

Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl
Watermark Pot, one-handled, ‘MI’ in bowl
Date 1540s cf. Briquet 12767
Location of use Ireland
Dimensions 59 mm x 17 mm
Chain-lines 12]-23-22-22-23-22-22-22-[6; horizontal
Position between lines 5 and 6, inner margin
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source RIA MS 24 P 8 (752) pp 139-40; this manuscript contains an important collection of bardic tracts. This is one of three different pot watermarks in the book.
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl
by

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl
Designation 3 C 19 T1
Watermark Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; quatrefoil in neck; letters P D / B in bowl
Date 1590
Location of use Grantstown [Baile in Ghronta] and Culohill [an Chúlchoill], Co. Laois, and in other locations in Kildare and Kilkenny, Ireland.
Dimensions 65 mm x 25 mm
Chain-lines 21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21
Position between lines 4 and 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Royal Irish Academy MS 3 C 19 (439), f. 239 (inverted); a medical manuscript written by Risteard (mac Muircheartaigh) Ó Conchubhair
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Hand (over cross or hilt?) small
by

Hand (over cross or hilt?) small

Hand (over cross or hilt?) small
Designation 24 P 15 T3
Watermark Hand (over cross or hilt?) small
Date 1478
Location of use Rossbrin [Ros Broin], Co Cork, Ireland
Dimensions 44 mm x 24 mm
Chain-lines 25]-36-36-39-36-[28
Position  
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Royal Irish Academy MS 24 P 15 (444), pp. 51-2; composite medical manuscript containing 15th- and 16th- century sections; scribe of this section Cairbre Ó Ceannamháin
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Pot, one-handled
by

Pot, one-handled

Pot, one-handled
Watermark Pot, one-handled
Date 1540s (contemporary with other dateable mark in MS)
Location of use Ireland
Dimensions 47 mm x 23 mm
Chain-lines 12]-23-23-22-22-22-22-22-[6; horizontal
Position between lines 5 and 6, inner margin, across conjugate leaves
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source RIA MS 24 P 8 (752) pp 17-18 (top), 5-6 (bottom); middle part of watermark uncapturable. This manuscript contains an important collection of bardic tracts. This is one of three different pot watermarks in the book.
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Pot, one-handled; ?letters (‘O . .’) under base?
by

Pot, one-handled; ?letters (‘O . .’) under base?

Watermark Pot, one-handled; ?letters (‘O . .’) under base?
Date 1540s (contemporary with other dateable mark in MS)
Location of use Ireland
Dimensions 65 mm x 25 mm
Chain-lines 16]-23-22-22-23-22-22-22-[4; horizontal
Position between lines 3 and 4, inner margin, across conjugate leaves
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source RIA MS 24 P 8 (752) pp 165-66 (top), 157-8 (bottom); this manuscript contains an important collection of bardic tracts. This is one of three different pot watermarks in the book. This mark is exclusive to pp. 155 ff.
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; letters [.] O within band in bowl.
by

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; letters [.] O within band in bowl.

Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; letters [.] O within band in bowl.
Designation 24 P 14
Watermark Pot, one-handled; quatrefoil on trefoil crown; letters [.] O within band in bowl.
Date 1577–8
Location of use Graiguenamanagh [Gráig na Manach] and Tinnaranny [Teagh na Reanna], Co. Kilkenny; Lissalican [Lis Ailleacáin], Co. Carlow; Ireland
Dimensions 55 mm x 20 mm
Chain-lines 3]-22-21-21-22-20-22-22-[19
Position between lines 5 and 6
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Royal Irish Academy MS 24 P 14 (443), pp. 157–8; a medical manuscript containing the Lilium medicinae, written by Corc Óg Ó Cadhla at three named locations in the valley of the river Nore.
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Arms over Grapes; Arms contain three diagonal bands over letters I P
by

Arms over Grapes; Arms contain three diagonal bands over letters I P

Arms over Grapes; Arms contain three diagonal bands over letters I P
Designation 3 C 19 T2
Watermark Arms over Grapes; Arms contain three diagonal bands over letters I P
Date 1590
Location of use Grantstown [Baile in Ghronta] and Culohill [an Chúlchoill], Co. Laois, and in other locations in Kildare and Kilkenny, Ireland.
Dimensions 63 (Arms 28, Grapes 35) mm x 37mm
Chain-lines horizontal,  29]-38-38-38-37-38-36-[20 (lower edge)
Position horizontal (but shown as vertical here) between lines 4 and 5; leaves in this section of MS formed from folio leaves turned on long edge, with watermark consequently divided by gutter. Ff. 244-5 are the two leaves of a central bifolium
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; composite image created and adjusted in Photoshop
Source Royal Irish Academy MS 3 C 19 (439), ff. 244-5; a medical manuscript written by Risteard (mac Muircheartaigh) Ó Conchubhair
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Hand (over cross or hilt?)
by

Hand (over cross or hilt?)

Hand (over cross or hilt?)
Designation 24 P 15 T2
Watermark Hand (over cross or hilt?)
Date 1478
Location of use Rossbrin [Ros Broin], Co Cork, Ireland
Dimensions 65 mm x 32 mm
Chain-lines 16]-40-40-40-42-[19
Position  
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Royal Irish Academy MS 24 P 15 (444), pp. 49-50; composite medical manuscript containing 15th- and 16th- century sections; scribe of this section Cairbre Ó Ceannamháin
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Bull
by

Bull

Bull
Designation 24 P 15 T1
Watermark Bull
Date 1478
Location of use Rossbrin [Ros Broin], Co Cork, Ireland
Dimensions 65 mm x 40 mm
Chain-lines 35-36-36-37-39-[19
Position landscape, between lines 3 and 4
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Royal Irish Academy MS 24 P 15 (444), pp. 31-2; composite medical manuscript containing 15th- and 16th- century sections; scribe of this section Cairbre Ó Ceannamháin
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Rear of Unicorn (complements Unicorn on (e.g,) f. 11)
by

Rear of Unicorn (complements Unicorn on (e.g,) f. 11)

Watermark Rear of Unicorn (complements Unicorn on (e.g,) f. 11)
Date c. 1564
Location of use Cambridge, England
Dimensions  6mm x  27mm
Chain-lines gutter 17]-23-23-22-22-22-22-[15 foredge
Position between lines 4 and 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting; Photoshop
Source Primer of Elizabeth I, f. 12
Repository Farmleigh House, Dublin (collection under ownership of Marsh’s Library)