The Garland of Howth

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The Garland of Howth, (also known as Codex Usserianus Secundus), medieval Irish gospel.

Listed as known as Trinity College Dublin Ms. 56, its title is taken from a corrupted English form of Ceithre Leabhair, Gaelic for 'four books', i.e., a gospel. It is a fragmantery gospel, written at the monastery of Ireland's Eye, Dublin, and kept in the parish church of Howth. It is believed to date from the late ninth to early tenth centuries. Compiled in diminendo, a feature of the oldest manuscripts in insular script such as Cathach of St. Columba. It has being described as the work of many scribes, none of them first-class.

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  • Literature in Ireland, by James Carney, in A New History of Ireland, volume, two, p. 527, 531.

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