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Fís Mherlíno (Maligno) ‘The vision of Merlino (Maligno)’

  • prose
  • Medieval Irish literature

Irish version, largely in prose, of the tale of a certain Merlino Maligno, a wicked robber in Bohemia, who was taken by an angel to witness hell.

First words (prose)
  • Do bhí feacht n-aon n-a chomnuidhe i rioghacht Bohemia duine áirithe dar chomhainm Merlíno Maligno
Manuscripts
Manuscripts listed by Macalister

Macalister lists 14 manuscripts, including:

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 C 55 (1185) [s. xviii-xix]
pp. 444–468
A manuscript formerly in Macalister's personal collection, written by Seón Mac Solaidh at Stackallen, Co. Meath, in 1718. Macalister, who considered it to be the "best and oldest MS.", took this version as the base text for his edition.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 A 45 (629) [s. xviii]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 24 (29) [s. xviii]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 C 5 (982) [1767]
pp. 1–15
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 29 (109) [s. xviii]
pp. 247–256
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 12 (105) [s. xviii]
pp. 226–253
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 21 (339) [s. xix]
pp. 71–86
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 18 (573) [s. xviii-xix]
pp. 253–268
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 B 8 (434) [1820]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 17
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 A 44 (971) [s. xix]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 41 (346) [s. xviii/xix (?)]
pp. 25–39
Ends imperfectly.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 B 25 (499) [s. xviii]
London, British Library, MS Egerton 140 [1766]
Abstract only, deemed "badly written and almost worthless" by Macalister
Additional witnesses in Trinity College, Dublin

T. K. Abbott • E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish MSS in TCD (1921):

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1335 (H 3. 16) [1697]
pp. 1–23
Headed by a drawing depicting two knights on horseback.
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1342 (H 3. 21) [1748]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1399 (H 5. 28) [1679]
ff. 112a–?125b
Imperfect
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1412 (H 6. 8) [s. xviii]
pp. 83–106
‘Imeacht Mherlíno Maligno’
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1423 (H 6. 21) [s. xviiiex]
Other
Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 109
pp. 202–232
London, British Library, MS Egerton 133 ff. 201?-229 [1720]
f. 202 ff
Language
  • Early Modern Irish?
Form
prose (primary)
verse (secondary)

Classification

Medieval Irish literatureMedieval Irish literature
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Subjects

Merlino MalignoMerlino Maligno
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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.] Macalister, R. A. S. [ed. and tr.], Fís Mherlíno: The vision of Merlino, an Irish allegory, Dublin: Gill, 1905.
Internet Archive: <link>
A thoroughly revised version of the edition and translation which appeared in ZCP 4 (1903).
[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. S. [ed. and tr.], “The vision of Merlino”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 4 (1903): 394–455.
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Secondary sources (select)

Stokes, Whitley, “Miscellen 4-6”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 5 (1905): 185–188.
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