Written by Bishop Ledrede 700 years ago, book includes poems, songs, theology and records of taxes, rents and law
Librarian and archivist Dr Susan Hood with the Dean of Ossory, the Very Reverend Stephen Farrell , alongside Dr John Gillis. Photograph: Dylan VaughanThe Red Book of Ossory, which was penned almost 700 years ago, is due to go on public display for the first time in its history on Monday in St Canice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny.
The book was written in Kilkenny by Bishop Ledrede. It is on loan from the Representative Church Body Library. A letter from King Edward III is preserved along with an early provision of the Magna Carta and records of church, state and law, theology, taxes and rents. Poems and songs composed by the good Bishop to replace the ‘vile’ secular songs of the townspeople.
The Very Reverend Stephen Farrell, Dean of Ossory, said the 79-vellum page artefact will “spark imagination and connect local people with their history”.
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