The ''Red Book of Ossory'' is a medieval manuscript produced in

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

, Ireland, and kept in

St Canice's Cathedral St Canice's Cathedral ( ga, Ardeaglais Naomh Cainneach, ), also known as Kilkenny Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Kilkenny city, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Dioc ...

. The manuscript contains a number of texts in Latin and in Anglo-Norman. The sixth gathering of the MS contains the ''Proverbes de bon enseignement'' by

Nicholas Bozon Nicholas Bozon (''Floruit, fl.'' ), or ''Nicole Bozon'', was an Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman writer and Franciscan friar who spent most of his life in the East Midlands and East Anglia. He was a prolific author in prose and verse, and composed a num ...

. The Latin religious lyrics in the manuscript were intended to replace more secular songs in the vernacular, and were composed by

Richard de Ledrede Richard de Ledrede (died 1360/1361), also known as Richard Ledred, was a 14th-century churchman in Ireland who served as Bishop of Ossory. His long tenure as Bishop was marked by bitter controversies and repeated quarrels with his colleagues, bot ...

, Bishop of Ossory.

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