Book of Ballymote

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Book of Ballymote
Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12
Book of Ballymote, f. 8r
Also known as	Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta
Type	Miscellany
Date	1390–1391
Place of origin	Ballymote
Language(s)	Middle Irish, with some Latin
Scribe(s)	Solamh Ó Droma, Roibéard Mac Síthigh, Maghnus Ó Duibheannáin
Patron	Tomaltagh McDonagh
Material	Parchment
Size	40 × 26 cm
Format	Folio
Condition	Imperfect
Script	Irish minuscule
Contents	Genealogy, history, hagiography, topography
Illumination(s)	Interlace initials, mainly zoomorphic, tinted with coloured washes[1]

Ballymote

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Location of Ballymote in Ireland

The Book of Ballymote (Irish: Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta, RIA MS 23 P 12, 275 foll.), was written in 1390 or 1391 in or near the town of Ballymote, now in County Sligo, but then in the tuath of Corann.

According to David Sellar who was the Lord Lyon King of Arms in Scotland, the Book of Ballymote was written from between 1384 and 1405.^[2]