Texts
Immacallam in dá thúarad‘The colloquy of the two sages’
- Medieval Irish literature about poets, Medieval Irish wisdom literature, Ulster Cycle
Early Irish wisdom text
Manuscripts
The oldest manuscripts, used by Stokes:
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]pp. 186–188This copy breaks off halfway through the text (§ 233).
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]ff. 60a 2 – 62b 2
- Other copies
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1308 1 [s. xv?]
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 18, pp. 542–564 [c. s. xiv]pp. 542 (part of the introduction), 543–555 (different text)
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 20, pp. 629–660 [s. xvi (?)]pp. 656–660Imperfect at the beginning.
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319 vol. 2, pp. 172-187, 192-194 = fragment of the Book of Lecan [xvin]pp. 185–187 and 192–193
Textual relationships
Related: O’Clery’s glossaryO’Clery’s glossaryIrish glossary, dedicated to Baothghalach Mac Aodhagáin.
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.
[tr.] Draak, Maartje, and Frida de Jong, De lastige schare, gevolgd door vijf anekdoten over dichtergeleerden, Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1990.
Dutch translations of: Tromdámh Guaire, based on the edition of Maud Joynt (1931) -- three entries from Sanas Chormaic (Mug Eme, Lethec and Gaire) -- Passages from Immacallam in dá Thúarad (Colloquy of the two sages) -- Passages from Scéla Mongáin ⁊ Echdach Rígéicis (Why Mongán was deprived of noble issue).
101–105 Selected passages, in Dutch translation, from the prose introduction.
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2011, last updated: May 2021