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Bríathra Flainn Fhína (maic Ossu) ‘The wise sayings of Flann (son of Oswiu)’

  • Medieval Irish wisdom literature
A collection of gnomic maxims attributed to Flann Fína or Fíthal
Scope
multiple versions
Author
Ascribed to: Flann Fína mac OssuFlann Fína mac Ossu
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Fíthal
Fíthal
Poet and judge associated with Cormac mac Airt
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Manuscripts
Recension N:
N1 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]
pp. 5–6
Untitled
N2 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 2 (132) [s. xvii]
pp. 25.4–30.z
Entitled Briathra Floinn meic Ossa sund
N3 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 27 (966) [1714]
ff. 17r 1– 19v 2
Incorporates Mairg do-n duine carus duíne (ff. 17v 6–18r 8)
N4 =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1391 (H 5. 19) [s. xviii]
pp. 128–130
Roscada Flainn Fhína

Recension Y: Roscada Flainn Fína maic Ossu ríg Saxan.

Y1 =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 5, cols 217-280 = YBL section [1407]
cols 229–231
Y2 =
Mullingar, Longford-Westmeath County Library, Gaelic MS 1 [1560]
Y3 =
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 476
Y4 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 9
Y5 =
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 155
Y6 =
Fermoy, St Colman's College, MS 11
Y7 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 C 3
Y8 =
Mullingar, Longford-Westmeath County Library, Gaelic MS 2
Y9 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 25 (258) [c.1809 × 1813]
Y10 =
Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 48
pp. 357–365
Senbríathra Fíthail

Also called Recension L by Colin Ireland, after the Book of Leinster version.

L1 =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
pp. 345a–346a
rubric: ‘Senbriathra Fithail inso sis’
L2 =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319 vol. 2, pp. 172-187, 192-194 = fragment of the Book of Lecan [xvin]
ff. 146vd.15–147vb.15
L3 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
ff. 131rb.9–132ra.33
L4 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
ff. 40vb.43–41rb.10
L7 =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 (H 2. 4) [1728]
L8 =
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 42 [s. xix]
pp. 228.17–240.11
Transcript from BB.
L5 =
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.1 (2) = John Beaton’s Broad Book
ff. 11va.49–12ra.53
L6 =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1349 (H 4. 8) [c.1700]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]
pp. 6.m–inf, 77
To be verified.
Group X (fragments only)

Classification

Medieval Irish wisdom literatureMedieval Irish wisdom literature
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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.] [tr.] Ireland, Colin A. [ed. and tr.], Old Irish wisdom attributed to Aldfrith of Northumbria: an edition of Bríathra Flainn Fhína maic Ossu, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 205, Tempe, Arizona: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1999.
Internet Archive: <link>
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Bríathra Flainn Fína maic Ossu”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 3, Halle and Dublin, 1910. 10–20.
Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>
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August 2011, last updated: March 2024
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