![]() The study shows 80% of prose tales in Irish, Icelandic and German survive, whereas for Dutch, English and French literature fewer than 50% of works are still known. ![]() Just over 300 medieval Irish-language manuscripts exist currently and today’s study suggests that over 3,000 Irish medieval manuscripts have been lost over time. Over 3,000 Irish medieval manuscripts lost The team calculated the survival rates for six medieval language areas separately and observed that there are huge differences in these survival rates within Europe. Scholars from Belgium, Denmark, England, Ireland, the Netherlands and Taiwan examined European medieval manuscripts and calculated the scale of the lost literature using methods more commonly found in ecology, where researchers estimate how many rare species are missing based on the surviving numbers. Representing Ireland on this team is Pádraig Ó Macháin, Professor of Modern Irish at University College Cork (UCC). This research was carried out by an international team of manuscript scholars on survival rates of medieval texts and manuscripts using models developed in ecology studies. It is rare that Irish-language manuscripts feature in a top international science journal. The findings are published in the leading international research journal, Science. ![]() Stories of Vikings, monarchs and thrones may dominate streaming services, but an international team of researchers has found that a third of tales of medieval heroism and chivalry, more than 90% of European manuscripts from the Middle Ages and over 3,000 medieval Irish-language manuscripts have been lost over time. IRISH MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS FIGURES PROFESSIONAL
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