Emanuel leabhar ina bhfuil modh iarrata agus fhagala fhoirbhtheachda na beathadh riaghaltha
Subtitle: ar attugadh drong airighthe Sgáthan an Chrábhaidh drong oile Desiderius
By: ar na chur anosa a ngaoidhilg lé brathair airidhe dórd S. Fpronsias F. C.
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 1376; Early English books online
Publisher: Franciscan College of St. Anthony
Published: 1616
Place of publication: A Lobhain
Language: gle
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Apologetic works; Early works to 1800; Christian life; Catholic authors; Irish Devotional literature; Catholic Church
Other titles: Sgáthan an chrábhaidh; Desiderius
Work titles: Spill de la vida religiosa Irish
Notes: An allegorical pilgrimage.

An incomplete translation of books 1-3 of Tratado llamado el Desseoso, y por otro nombre, Espejo de religiosos. First published anonymously in Catalan (Barcelona, 1515) under title: Spill de la vida religiosa. Considerable additions meant to encourage Irish Catholics to remain steadfast in the face of religious persecution were made by the translator, Florence Conry.

Wrongly ascribed to Miguel Comalada.

Place of publication and date from imprint; printer derived from STC (2nd ed.).

Title-page imprint reads: Ar na chur a ccló maille ré hughdadhás 1616 a Lobhain.

Signatures: pi⁴, A-2U⁴; pi2, pi3 signed '(**)', '(***)' respectively. Signed in Irish characters.

Errors in paging: 101, 295 misnumbered 102, 925 respectively.

Woodcut title-page vignette (Christ bearing the Cross); vignette of the Virgin and Child on pi2v.

STC (2nd ed.) 6778.

Allison & Rogers. Catholic books, 252.

Sweeney, T. Ireland and the printed word, 1311.