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Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Clavis litterarum Hibernensium: medieval Irish books & texts (c. 400–c. 1600), 3 vols, Corpus Christianorum, Turnhout: Brepols, 2017.
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Clavis litterarum Hibernensium: medieval Irish books & texts (c. 400–c. 1600) (3 vols)
Place
Turnhout
Publisher
Brepols
Year
2017
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Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Clavis litterarum Hibernensium: medieval Irish books, 3 vols, vol. 1, Turnhout: Brepols, 2017.
Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Clavis litterarum Hibernensium: medieval Irish books, 3 vols, vol. 2, Turnhout: Brepols, 2017.
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Abstract (cited)
This three-volume ground-breaking and comprehensive bibliography of Irish texts and manuscripts is the first study of its kind to describe the entire historical and literary output of Irish writers, at home and abroad, throughout the middle ages (4th to 17th centuries). It surveys writers in Latin and the vernaculars, ranging through biblica, liturgica, computistica, hagiographica and grammatica, as well as all the genres of Irish and the other vernacular writings of Ireland. The focus is on both individual manuscripts and textual transmission. In the case of manuscripts it succinctly lists all the salient information (origin, provenance and date, foliation, pagination and dimensions), accompanied by a detailed chronologically arranged bibliography for every codex. For individual texts it lists the manuscripts in which they occur, or, when relevant, where such a list can be found, together with a comprehensive bibliography of relevant publications. For both manucripts and texts, there are running cross-references to the standard works of reference. The Index Manuscriptorum is the most comprehensive of its type ever provided for this subject. Moreover, the chapters on manuscripts and texts written in Irish provide the first full treatment of several areas, including annals, genealogies, vernacular law, early poetry, bardic poetry and metrics.
Related publications
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Castaldi, Lucia (ed.), La trasmissione dei testi latini del medioevo / Mediaeval Latin texts and their transmission, Esegesi Ibernica, Te.Tra, 9, Florence: SISMEL, 2024.
abstract:
The ninth volume of the series is devoted to Irish exegetical works. With few exceptions, almost the entire corpus identified by Bischoff in the Wendepunkte in der Geschichte der lateinischen Exegese im Frühmittelalter and in the exegetical section of the Clavis litterarum Hibernensium edited by Ó Corráin has been examined. The volume offers a critical overview of how these works were compiled, what their original layout was and how they were modified in their dissemination through the continental scriptoria. An Open Access version is also available.
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