Texts

Lebor gabála Érenn, miniugud redaction‘The book of the taking of Ireland’

Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
prose, prosimetrum
Cycles of the Kings, Irish legendary history, Lebor gabála Érenn, Mythological Cycle

An abbreviated recension of Lebor gabála Érenn, known as the Miniugud recension. In the manuscripts, it is usually found as an appendix to Recension II.

Scope

redaction/recension

Manuscripts

In association with Recension II

R =
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 III, (a) ff. 75B-100, (b) ff. 37-44 [s. xv]
ff. 90v–97r
Macalister's siglum μR.
Y (Scowscroft)
- V¹ (Macalister) =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D v 1 (537) [s. xiv (?)]
  A manuscript that is thought to belong originally to the Yellow Book of Lecan, where the text would have followed Recension II. Miniugud covers the entire volume. Macalister's siglum μY.
- V³ (Macalister)
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D i 3 a, ff. 1-6 [s. xiv?]
  Fragment which belongs with RIA MSS D v 1 and D iv 1.
Lec or L (Scowcroft) =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]
ff. 16v–21 (facsimile)
Incomplete. Macalister's siglum μΛ (or M).

Independent copy

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]
pp. 135a.1–136b.34 (facsimile)
Fragment: §§ 525-561.

Language

Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
Middle Irish/Early Modern Irish.

Form

prose, prosimetrum (primary)

Associated items

Cimbáeth no chinned cech cáinCimbáeth no chinned cech cáinView incoming dataÉstid a éolchu cen ónÉstid a éolchu cen ónMiddle Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech, embedded in a number of recensions of the Lebor gabála Érenn (Min, A and C, but not in B).Failet sunna eter dá fhertFailet sunna eter dá fhertView incoming dataGóedel Glas ó tát GoídilGóedel Glas ó tát GoídilMac Echach ard orddanMac Echach ard orddanView incoming dataRíg hÉrenn iar creitim (Míniugud king-list)Ríg hÉrenn iar creitim (Míniugud king-list)View incoming data

Classification

Cycles of the Kings
Cycles of the Kings

id. 80

Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
...
Lebor gabála Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn

id. 4019

Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
...

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., Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, Irish Texts Society 34–35–39–41–44, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1932–1942.

Internet Archive – Vol. 1 (1938 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 2 (1939 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 3 (1940 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 4 (1941 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 5 (1956 ed.): <link>

In his 1987 article, Scowcroft mentions that Rolf Baumgarten (1936–2012) had completed an edition of this recension (unpublished).

Secondary sources (select)

Carey, John [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: textual history and pseudohistory, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series 20, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 2009.

Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987): 79–140.

comments: The second part is Scowcroft, R. M., “Leabhar Gabhála. Part II: the growth of the tradition”, Ériu 39 (1988).

Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part II: the growth of the tradition”, Ériu 39 (1988): 1–66.

comments: This article continues Scowcroft, R. M., “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987).

Hamel, A. G. van, “On Lebor Gabála”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 10 (1915): 97–197.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

O'Brien, M. A. [ed.], Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1962.

comments: Reprinted in 1976 and 2005, with an introduction by J. V. Kelleher.

CELT – pp. 1–332 (Rawl. B 502): <link>

117ff

web page identifiers

page name: Lebor gabála Érenn (Míniugud)