Editing Book of Armagh (section)

{{Short description|9th-century Irish New Testament copy}}
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| name                  = Book of Armagh
| alternative title(s)  = Codex Ardmachanus
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| also known as         = ''Liber Ar(d)machanus'' (Book of Armagh), ''Canoin Phatraic'' (Canon of Patrick)
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| ascribed to           = [[Ferdomnach of Armagh]], [[St Patrick]], [[Sulpicius Severus]] and others
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| language              = [[Latin]], [[Old Irish language|Old Irish]]
| date                  = 9th century
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| state of existence    = Incomplete
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| manuscript(s)         = TCD MS 52
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| length                = 222 folios (folios 1 and 41-44 are missing)
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The '''''Book of Armagh''''' or '''Codex Ardmachanus''' ('''ar''' or '''61''') ({{langx|ga|Leabhar Ard Mhacha}}), also known as the ''Canon of Patrick'' and the ''Liber Ar(d)machanus'', is a 9th-century [[Irish art|Irish]] [[illuminated manuscript]] written mainly in Latin. It is held by the Library of [[Trinity College Dublin]] (MS 52). The document is valuable for containing early texts relating to [[St Patrick]], the 7th century Irish bishop [[Tírechán]], the Irish monk [[Muirchú moccu Machtheni|Muirchú]].<ref>{{cite book |last=De Breffny |first=Brian |author-link= |date=1983 |title=Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia |url= |location=London |publisher=Thames and Hudson |pages=35–36 |isbn=}}</ref> The book contains some of the oldest surviving specimens of [[Old Irish language|Old Irish]] and for being one of the earliest manuscripts produced by an insular church to contain a near complete copy of the [[New Testament]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Welch |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Anthony Welch |year=2000 |title=[[The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature|The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=33 |isbn=9780192800800}}</ref>