Texts

Don tarmchrutta ‘On the transfiguration’

  • Latin, Middle Irish
  • prose

Irish homily, largely in Latin, on the Transfiguration (tairmchruthad), which is found in the Leabhar Breac. 

First words (prose)
  • Et factum est post dies sex assupsit Iesus Petrum ⁊ Iacobum ⁊ Iohannem
Manuscripts
p. 107a–107b.inf
rubric: ‘[...]rmchrutta in so’
beg. ‘Et factum est post dies sex assupsit Iesus Petrum ⁊ Iacobum ⁊ Iohannem’
Language
  • Latin Middle Irish
  • The text is written largely in Latin although one section is in Middle Irish.
Date
Frederic Mac Donncha dates the text to the 11th century.
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
(Possible) sources: Gospel of MatthewGospel of Matthew

Classification

Keywords

TransfigurationTransfiguration
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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.] Mac Donncha, Frederic, “Don tarmchrutta – an 11th-century homily on the transfiguration”, Collectanea Hibernica 25 (1983): 7–11.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
May 2023, last updated: July 2023