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Adam primus pater (Irish tract)

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
First words (prose)
  • Adam primus pater fuit et Eua ced bean in beatha ⁊ cet mathair na n-uile
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Nin mac Bel roga na rígNin mac Bel roga na rígLate Middle Irish poem on Assyrian kings and synchronic history in Ireland.

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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.] [tr.] Boyle, Elizabeth, “Biblical history in the Book of Ballymote”, in: Ruairí Ó hUiginn (ed.), Book of Ballymote, 2, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 2018. 51–76.
A corrected text and English translation of a passage from the text relating to the descendants of Noah’s sons, down to Ninus.
[ed.] [tr.] Mac Carthy, Bartholomew [ed. and tr.], The codex Palatino-Vaticanus, no. 830, Todd Lecture Series, 3, Dublin, 1892.
Internet Archive: <link>, <link>, <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>
286–309 Tract B. Boyle warns that the edition and translation are to be treated with caution as they are “highly unsatisfactory”.
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May 2023, last updated: June 2023
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