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: ''"Book of Lecan" redirects here. This manuscript should not be confused with the Yellow Book of Lecan, an earlier manuscript'' The (Great) Book of Lecan (Irish: ''Leabhar (Mór) Leacain'') (RIA, MS 23 P 2) is a medieval Irish manuscript written between 1397 and 1418 in Castle Forbes, Lecan (Lackan, Leckan; Irish ''Leacan'') in the territory of Tír Fhíacrach, near modern Enniscrone, County Sligo. It is in the possession of the Royal Irish Academy.〔(Jones' Celtic Encyclopedia )〕 ''Leabhar Mór Leacain'' is written in Middle Irish and was created by Ádhamh Ó Cuirnín for Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh. The material within was transcribed from the Book of Leinster, latter copies of the Book of Invasions, the dinsenchas, the banshenchas and the Book of Rights.〔 At one stage it was owned by James Ussher. James II of England then deposited it at the Irish College, Paris. In 1787, the Chevalier O'Reilly returned it to Ireland; where it was at one stage in the possession of Charles Vallancey. He passed it on to the Royal Irish Academy.〔Mary Frances Cusack, ‘’An Illustrated History of Ireland’’ Project Gutenberg eBook〕 There were originally 30 folios; the first nine were apparently lost in 1724. Unfortunately these contained a large section devoted to the pedigrees and history of the Norse and Norse-Gaelic families of Ireland, which are nowhere else preserved.〔Alexander Bugge (ed. & tr.), of Duald Mac Firbis, ''(On the Fomorians and the Norsemen )''. Christiania: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. 1905. See Bugge's introduction.〕 The pages are covered in a greasy substance which makes them transparent and reduces their legibility.〔 ==See also== *Uí Fiachrach 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Book of Lecan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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