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Chronicon Scotorum ‘The chronicle of the Irish’

  • Old Irish, Middle Irish, Latin
  • prose
  • Irish annals
Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1292 (H 1. 18) [s. xvii]
ff. 164r[16]–214v[37]
Language
  • Old Irish Middle Irish Latin
Form
prose (primary)
verse (secondary)
Associated items
Irish world chronicle, or the pre-Patrician sections of the Irish annalsIrish world chronicle, or the pre-Patrician sections of the Irish annalsMórchath Ocha fersaitirMórchath Ocha fersaitir

An item of verse attributed to Becc mac Dé and quoted in a number of annalistic and similar historical contexts. It refers to the battle of Ocha (dated c.482) and the death of Ailill Molt.

Classification

Irish annalsannals and chronicles, Irish histories
Irish annals
id. 35113
Irish annalsannals and chronicles, Irish histories
Irish annals
id. 35113

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.] Mac Niocaill, Gearóid [ed. and tr.], and William M. Hennessy [tr.], “Chronicon Scotorum”, CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts, Online: University College Cork, 2008–. URL: <http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/G100016 http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100016>.
[ed.] [tr.] Hennessy, William M. [ed. and tr.], Chronicum Scotorum: a chronicle of Irish affairs from the earliest times to A.D. 1135: with a supplement containing the events from 1141 to 1150, London: Longmans, 1866.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
May 2011, last updated: March 2024
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