Janus: Copies of treatises on the Ogham script

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.4427-4428	Robert Potts: Correspondence
MS Add.4429-4431	George Elwes Corrie: Documents relating to Cambridge University
MS Add.4432	Description by F. W. Maitland of CUL MS Add.332,1'Summae Decreti Gratiani', early 13th century.
MS Add.4433-4434	Exchequer: rolls index and precedents
MS Add.4436	Irish poems and tales
MS Add.4437	Copies of treatises on the Ogham script
MS Add.4438	Italian History
MS Add.4439	Commentary on the Kingdom of France
MS Add.4440	Writings on 17th Century Italy and France
MS Add.4441	Breve e chiara Idea del regno di Napoli
MS Add.4442	Fragment of Court roll for an unidentified manor of Richard le Cokefeld, 6 Edward III
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Copies of treatises on the Ogham script

Title	Copies of treatises on the Ogham script
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.4437
Covering Dates	1840 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Ogham is the earliest known example of Irish writing, and is believed to have originated in southern Ireland. The script uses a system of lineal symbols. There are many surviving examples of the writing on stones in Ireland and Britain, the earliest dating from the fourth century.

Purchased 1907.

Access and Use

In English and Irish

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Copies of treatises on the Ogham script, MS Add.4437

Further information

Microfilm available

Index Terms

Ogham Aphabet

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