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This week we’ll look at the Library’s oldest manuscript : The Cathach #Cathach
Written in Latin. The Cathach is the oldest extant Irish manuscript of the Psalter and the earliest example of Irish writing. Today we’ll look at the script. 
The manuscript would have originally had c.110 leaves, 58 survive. It contains a Vulgate version of Psalms XXX (10) to CV (13). The psalms are arranged on the page ‘per cola et commata’ (by phrases and clauses). This makes the text easier to read or chant aloud.
