Leabhar breac = The speckled book, otherwise styled, Leabhar mór Dúna Doighre = The great book of Dún Doighre
Subtitle: a collection of pieces in Irish and Latin
By: compiled from ancient sources about the close of the fourteenth century.
Contributors: Ferguson, Samuel, Sir, 1810-1886; Royal Irish Academy.
Edition: Facsimile ed.
Publisher: Royal Irish Academy House
Published: 1872
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
Subjects: Manuscripts, Irish -- Facsimiles.; Christian literature, Early -- Manuscripts -- Ireland.; Irish literature -- Middle Irish, 110-1550.
Genres: Facsimiles.
Other titles: Leabhar m'or D'una Doighre; Speckled book; Great book of D'un Doighre
Work titles: Leabhar braec.
Notes: Part II includes an appendix

"Chiefly ... religious and devotional tracts. A compilation from various older books ... It is uncertain who the compiler was, but ... we may safely assume Leabhar breach to be the work of some one of the family of MacEgan."--Pref.

Preface signed by Samuel Ferguson, chairman of the Committee of Irish Manuscripts.

Text in English, Irish and Latin.

c.1: 97/98 0593.