Imdibe Crist (Irish homily)
- Latin, Middle Irish
- prose
Irish homily on the Circumcision, written in Latin and to a lesser extent, in Irish.
Manuscripts
pp. 56a.1–59a.16
rubric: ‘Imdibe Crist, in dara baitsed incipit’
beg. ‘Postquam consummati sunt dies octa ut circumcideretur puer’
Language
- Latin Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)
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, “Imdibe Crist: an 11th-century homily on the Circumcision of Christ”, Collectanea Hibernica 26 (1984): 7–12.
Supplies many of the Latin passages omitted by Atkinson.
[ed.] Atkinson, Robert, The passions and the homilies from Leabhar Breac: text, translation and glossary, Todd Lecture Series, 2, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1887.
Note that there are various references throughout the book to material in the appendix, but in the introduction, Atkinson states he regrets “that I have not found it possible to include in the present volume the Appendix and Notes”.
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