The Book of Armagh or Codex Ardmachanus (ar or 61) (Irish: Leabhar Ard Mhacha), also known as the Canon of Patrick and the Liber Ar(d)machanus, is a 9th-century Irish illuminated manuscript written mainly in Latin. It is held by the Library of Trinity College Dublin (MS 52).

The Book of Armagh contains the earliest copy of Saint Patrick's Confessio known to exist. However, significant passages are omitted - deliberately, as it seems, in order to promote St Patrick as a most successful missionary and glorious …

At the time of the making of The Book of Armagh the place was renowned for its monastic school, whose reputation was such that students flocked here from England and the Continent of Europe, Ireland being widely known as "Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum" (The Island of …

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The Irish of the Book of Armagh is of the greatest importance for the history of the Irish language. It is not only one of the very oldest monuments of the Old-lrish, since it is antedated only by the fragmentary glosses in the Irish manuscripts preserved on the Continent, but it is the earliest extant specimen of a continuous narrative in ...

A 9th-century record, the Book of Armagh, includes a work by Patrick himself, the Confessio (“Confession,” a reply to charges made by British ecclesiastics), in which he describes his life at a Roman villa in Britain, his capture by Irish raiders, and his seven years of slavery in Ireland.…

The Book of Armagh is a priceless manuscript written by the monastic scribe, Ferdomnach, in Armagh around the year 807 AD. It contains 6 pieces of writing: A life of St Patrick written by Muirchu; A Memoir of St Patrick’s Mission by Tirechan; Liber Angeli (The Book of the Angel) concerning the rights and usages of the Church of Armagh;

The third and in some respects the most interesting of all is the Book of Armagh, a curious composite volume of very great importance in the literary history of Ireland, and in regard to the life of St. Patrick.

history/description: the book of armagh, also known as canon of patrick, codex ardmachanus, liber ardmachanus, is a ninth century irish illuminated manuscript that is mainly written in latin. it is held by the library of trinity college dublin.

The Book of Armagh or Codex Ardmachanus, also known as the Canon of Patrick, is a 9th Century Irish manuscript written mainly in Latin. It is held by the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.