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Details for manuscript 256b

Manuscript №
256b
Location
Dublin
Collection
Christ Church Cathedral
Reference
Black Book
Headnote
Black Book
Estimated date of production
s.xiii (ex)
Folia
30
Place of production
Ireland
Produced for
Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
Notes
composite MS compiled after 1297 ; 32v-33 originally blank but charters have been added
Sources for this record
Gillespie, Raymond, and Refausse?, Raymond. The Medieval Manuscripts of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2006.

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Latin (?) texts Latin 4r (7) 8r (15) 9.0
2 Secretum secretorum Latin 8v (16) 16v (32) 16.5
3 on the Tiburtine Sibyl Latin 16v (32) 19r (37) 5.0
4 Henry de Saltrey's narrative of Knight Owein's pilgrimage Latin 19r (37) 19r (37) 0.5
5 La Petite Philosophie (Dean no. 325) French 20r (39) 30v (60) 21.5
6 On the births of Christ and St John the Baptist Latin 30v (60) 32v (64) 4.5

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 Christ Church Cathedral Dublin s.xiii (ex) man clerical Gillespie, Raymond, and Refausse?, Raymond. The Medieval Manuscripts of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2006.