Columcille the scribe,
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| Language: | English Irish |
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| Notes: | ''Columcille the scribe is a version by Seamus Heaney of an early Irish poem beginning 'Sgith mo crob on scribinn'. The poet translated the poem to celebrate his enrolement as a member of the Royal Irish Academy in the Guildhall, Derry, on the 9th of June, 1997, the fourteen-hundreth anniversary of the death of Colmcille. Dr. Heaney commissioned Tim O'Neill, calligrapher and authority on early Irish manuscripts, to write the poem on vellum and he presented it to the Academy on the occassion of his admission as a member. Dr. Heaney has graciously granted permission to the Academy Library to issue 150 signed copies of the poem, each written out in a script derived from the 'Cathach', by Tim O'Neill on vellum''. NLI copy no. 45 of 150 copies, signed by Seamus Heaney and the calligrapher Tim O'Neill. Physical description: 2 pages. more |
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MS 51,532 |
Manuscripts Reading Room |
Manuscripts |