Texts

In cena Domini (Irish homily)

Late Middle Irish, Latin
prose

Irish homily on the Lord’s Supper.

Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 (1230) = Leabhar Breac (‘Speckled Book’) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

pp. 48a.19–52b.10

Language

Late Middle Irish Latin

Form

prose (primary)

Classification

Subjects

Last SupperPassion of Jesus
Last Supper

id. 66846

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.] Rittmueller, Jean, “The Leabhar Breac Latin and Middle-Irish homily In cena Domini: an edition and source analysis’”, unpubl Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University Press, 1984.

[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”.