Annals of the Four Masters
The Annals of the Four Masters ( Irish : Annála Ríoghdhachta Éireann , English : Annals of the Four Masters , Latin : Quatuor Magistrorum Annales Hibernici ) is the most extensive medieval chronicle of Ireland . It was compiled at the beginning of the 17th century by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh and other editors from several sources that have not been preserved in the original. The text in Irish begins with the Flood and extends into 1616 . The events before the birth of Christ are recorded in world years (AM) from the creation of the world with the epoch 5200 BC. Counted. The Flood is dated to the year 2242 AM. With the birth of Christ in the year 5200 AM, the counting changes to the Christian epoch.
Preserved manuscripts
There are six surviving manuscripts :
- Three of the manuscripts belong to the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin . The first consists of 522 pages and covers the period from 2242 AM to 1171. Five different manuscripts can be recognized in it, including that of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh.
- The second manuscript of the Royal Irish Academy covers the period from 1170 to 1616.
- The Royal Irish Academy also has a copy of the first part, which was made in the house of Charles O'Conor of Belanagare.
- The University College Dublin has a handwriting with entries from 2242 AM to 1169. Again, the signature of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh recognizable, but other were involved. In addition, there are marginal notes by John Colgan.
- The Trinity College Library in Dublin has a 466-page manuscript covering the period from 1334 to 1605, which Conaire Ó Cléirigh and two other copyists transferred.
- In addition, Trinity College in Dublin has a copy of the former manuscript made by Hugh O'Mulloy in 1734 and 1735 for John O'Fergus.
See also
Web links
The University College Cork provides the Web to the English translation by John O'Donovan from the mid-19th century, based on all six surviving manuscripts: