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Book of Ballymote

Tracing of a Manuscript
1390-1 (made), 1883 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of 476 pages bearing coloured tracings of the Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta, or Book of Ballymote.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Book of Ballymote (popular title)
  • Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta (popular title)
Materials and techniques
coloured tracing
Brief description
Arthur Kelly. One of 476 tracings of pages from the Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta, or Book of Ballymote (1390-1), copies made in 1883
Physical description
One of 476 pages bearing coloured tracings of the Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta, or Book of Ballymote.
Dimensions
  • Volume height: 11in
  • Volume width: 16.5in (Note: 1892 dimensions recorded at time of acquisition.)
Object history
Directly purchased from Michael Kelly, presumably related to the copyist Arthur Kelly, in 1892, for £5.
Collection
Accession number
D.6:422-1892

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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