Texts

verse beg. An n-aidchi geni Críst chain

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
First words (verse)
  • An n-aidchi geni Críst chain
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 15 qq.

Classification

Subjects

nativity of JesusLife and miracles of Christ
nativity of Jesus
id. 43514

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Ó Cuív, Brian, “The seventeen wonders of the night of Christ’s birth”, Éigse 6:2 (1950, 1948–1952): 116–126.
122–123 (text), 125 (notes) [‘Text IV’] Edition from YBL.
[ed.] [tr.] Hull, Vernam, “The Middle Irish apocryphal account of ‘The seventeen miracles at Christ's birth’”, Modern Philology 43:1 — Studies in honor of Tom Peete Cross (August, 1945): 25–39.
32–33 (text), 37–39 (translation)

YBL collated with RIA D ii 1; with occasional readings from the prose text in the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Aus dem Buch der Húi Maine. Die siebzehn Wunder bei Christi Geburt”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 5 (1905): 24–25.
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Edition from RIA D ii 1.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2023, last updated: July 2023