Texts
Mo Chutu, Comgall and the Devil
- Irish
- Irish religious texts, Irish hagiography
Short anecdotal story about St Mo Chutu of Rathan, telling how the Devil caused him to go on pilgrimage.
Manuscripts
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 IV, ff. 123-144f. 142vbbeginning: ‘Mocuta Rathin do roine roinn dia comtinol’
- Chatsworth (Derbyshire), Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]f. 86vbbeginning: ‘Mochuta Raithin do roine roinn dia comthinol’
Language
- Irish
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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: II. Aus Rawlinson B. 512. Mochuta und der Teufel”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 32–33.
[ed.] Plummer, Charles [ed. and tr.], Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
comments: Contents:
- Vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary
- Vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes
[tr.] Plummer, Charles [ed. and tr.], Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
comments: Contents:
- Vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary
- Vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes
Secondary sources (select)
Kenney, James F., “Chapter V: The monastic churches: II. The churches of the sixth to ninth centuries; general treatises”, in: Kenney, James F., The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies 11, Revised ed. (1929), New York: Octagon, 1966. 372–485.
453 (§ 236.iii) [id. 236.3.]
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