Texts
Bethu Phátraic / Vita Tripartita S. Patricii‘The Life of Patrick / The Tripartite Life of St. Patrick’
- Old Irish, Latin
- prose
- Irish hagiography
Manuscripts
include:
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 I, (a) ff. 101-122, (b) ff. 1-36, (c) ff. 45-52 [s. xv / s. xvi]ff. 5r–30r
- Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 531 [s. xv / s. xvi]ff. 124, 127Fragments belonging to Rawl. B 512 originally
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- London, British Library, MS Egerton 93 [s. xv (?)]ff. 1–18vbCorresponds to Stokes's edition at pp. 28–46
- Three manuscript copies that are now lost were used by John Colgan for the Latin version in his Trias thaumaturga (1647).
- Context: O’Clery’s glossaryExtracts in O’Clery’s glossary.
- Abridged version (homily) (1)n. 1 James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical (1966): 345.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 (1230) = Leabhar Breac (‘Speckled Book’) [s. xvin]pp. 24–29Abridged version.
- Dublin, King's Inns, MS 10 [s. xv]ff. 17ra–19vbThe first page, f. 17r (two columns), is illegible; as leaves are missing, the text breaks off imperfectly.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 48a = Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, part 1 [c. 1435-1440]part 3rd ff. 29r–30v
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Language
- Old Irish Latin
- Old Irish and Latin.
Form
prose (primary)
verse (secondary)
Textual relationships
Sources
Notes
James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical (1966): 345.
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.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], The tripartite Life of Patrick: with other documents relating to that saint, 2 vols, Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores 89, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1887.
[ed.] [tr.] Mulchrone, Kathleen [ed. and tr.], Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick [I. Text and sources], Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1939.
– TITUS version: <link>
Secondary sources (select)
Kenney, James F., “Chapter IV: The monastic churches, their founders and traditions: I. The primitive foundations”, in: Kenney, James F., The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies 11, Revised ed. (1929), New York: Octagon, 1966. 288–371.
342–345 [id. 135.]
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