"The book generally known as the Irish Liber hymnorum is a vellum ms. of the eleventh century in the library of Trinity college, Dublin ... containing a number of hymns and prayers in Latin and Irish ... Another copy ... with a few additional pieces, is preserved in the Franciscan convent, Dublin ... It is propsed in the present volume to reproduce ... these two manuscripts."--Introd.

An 11th-cent. collection of hymns, versified Saints' legends and other materials, many of them at a time in liturgical use.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.